Whiteout blamed for 40-vehicle crash in Mercer County
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Interstate 79 has reopened in Mercer County after being closed for about three hours following a snowy pileup involving about 40 vehicles.
Mercer County emergency officials said whiteout driving conditions were to blame for the chain-reaction accident.
No fatalities have been reported in the accident that occurred about noon on the southbound side of the road in Deer Creek Township, said Dennis Winger, a 911 supervisor.
State police from the Mercer barracks are still tallying the damage, but, but a several mile stretch of the interstate was closed in both directions so emergency crews and tow trucks could respond.
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