DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — Update (4:25 p.m.): State police released more information about the crash that seriously injured a pedestrian this morning.
According to police, around 9:37 a.m., a trooper and two drivers from an earlier crash were outside of their vehicles when an oncoming tractor-trailer tried to stop but lost control and struck a pickup truck involved in the first crash, and then a pedestrian.
The pedestrian had to be extracted from the undercarriage area of the tractor-trailer before he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, police said.
There were no other injuries reported.
Interstate 81 south was closed for approximately three hours.
Update (1:15 p.m.): The scene of the multi-vehicle crash is now clear and both lanes of I-81 south are back open according to a tweet by 511PA.
Previous: Interstate 81 southbound is currently closed after a Sunday morning multi-vehicle crash in East Hanover Township.
According to state police, officers were on the scene of the crash on I-81 south near mile marker 78.4, when another vehicle hit the vehicles involved in the previous crash.
An officer investigating the first crash and the driver of one of the vehicles had to dive out of the oncoming vehicle's way. One pedestrian was struck by the vehicle and suffered serious injuries, police said.
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