Multiple Crashes Close Interstate 80 Westbound

Sugarloaf Fire was dispatched to Interstate 80 Westbound mile 250 around 11pm for a report of a motor vehicle accident with a male entrapped and losing a large amount of blood.

As crews attempted to access the area through the backlog, multiple other accidents within the backlog were reported to County 911 and discovered by first responders.

Multiple injuries were reported throughout the crashes with the main crash requiring lifeflight for a male entrapped in a tractor trailer on it's side. Another patient from a crash within the backlog was transported via EMS to Lehigh Valley Hazleton.

Interstate 80 Westbound was closed for multiple hours while crews worked to extricate the victim and clear the vehicles from the roadway.