New York: Heavy snowfall is prevailing in the US state of Pennsylvania. It was snowing heavily on the highway there yesterday. Thus the snow piled up all over the highway.
In the state of Pennsylvania in the United States, oncoming vehicles were involved in a series of road crashes due to heavy snowfall.
Several oncoming vehicles were involved in a series of accidents as oncoming vehicles were hit by an unknown amount of snow. Unbeknownst to the vehicles involved in the accident on the road, other vehicles that came one after the other collided with the vehicles involved in the accident.
More than 80 vehicles, including cars and lorries, collided head-on with each other. Three people were killed on the spot in the accident. More than 20 were seriously injured.
Police also said the crash during “an active snow squall” Monday around 10:30 a.m. and involved 39 commercial vehicles and 41 passenger vehicles, for a total of 80, which is greater than earlier estimates of 40 to 60 vehicles.
Officials said the stretch of 1-81 opened at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday after crews finished clearing the crash site, state police tweeted.
Meanwhile the video of cars and trucks colliding with each other in the snow spread virally on social websites.
