Two drivers were injured Tuesday in a crash that shut down a stretch of westbound Interstate 80 in Monroe County.
According to Pennsylvania State Police, troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash around 6:15 a.m. in Tunkhannock Township. They found a white truck on the driver’s side and a red Lexus SUV in the undercarriage of the truck, police said in a news release.
Police determined that the driver of the box truck lost control and the truck overturned. The Lexus then struck the truck’s undercarriage.
Both drivers were injured and taken to hospital, police said. The press release did not name the drivers.
Westbound lanes were closed for approximately eight hours between Interstate 380 and Exit 284 for Blakeslee. The right lane was reopened at 2:30 p.m., police said.
Kathryne Rubright is the editor-in-chief of the Pocono Record and the Tri-County Independent. Contact her at [email protected].
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