Video shows how deadly I-81 pile-up unfolded during Monday's snow squall
Updated Wednesday: Pennsylvania State Police say six people died in the I-81 crash.
A total of 39 commercial vehicles and 41 passenger vehicles were involved in the crash, according to a news release.
The highway reopened to traffic at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday after being closed since the crash on Monday.
Updated Tuesday: Pennsylvania State Police reported Tuesday morning that a section of I-81 remains closed.
Investigation and cleanup continues, closing the northbound lanes between exits 107 and 119. PSP officials said they have cleaned up approximately half of the vehicles involved in the crash.
Motorists are asked to avoid the area until further notice.
Original story:
A video posted to Facebook Monday afternoon shows that there really isn't a good place to be if you are caught on a highway during a snow squall.
The above video, posted to Facebook by Mike Moye, shows a banged-up Dodge Charger sitting in the lanes of Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County. (Be warned: there is colorful language in the video.)
Moye is standing approximately 20-25 feet from the roadway, recording as vehicles of all sizes crash into stopped cars and trucks. As the video continues, tractor-trailers collide, cars swerve at the last minute and people run out of the path of out-of-control vehicles.
You can see action from the other side of the roadway on the video, but the combination of fog and fast, heavy snow was clearly causing problems for motorists. Especially those driving at or close to the posted speed.
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That section of I-81, at mile marker 116, was under a snow squall warning at the time of Monday's deadly crash, which Pennsylvania State Police confirmed involved up to 60 vehicles. Police said multiple injuries were reported.
Dr. David J. Moylan, the Schuylkill County coroner, told The Associated Press Monday that at least three people died in the pileup. The search of the scene continues.
Another warning for snow squalls was put on the southcentral Pa. area, including Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties, until mid-afternoon Monday.
The American Red Cross responded to the I-81 crash, which was expected to keep the highway closed in both directions for several hours.
Red Cross Disaster Action Team members, in coordination with local officials and emergency responders, planned to establish a reception center and provide a safe and warm central hub for motorists and their families to receive information, blankets, food and drink, according to a news release.
This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: Captured on video: Trucks, cars crash on I-81 during snow squall
