2 tractor-trailers go over embankment on Pennsylvania Turnpike in Donegal Township

Two tractor-trailers overturned and crashed Tuesday morning over an embankment on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County.

It happened at around 9:15 a.m. near mile marker 95.9 in Donegal Township.

Two people were taken to Forbes Regional Hospital after the crash. There’s no word on their conditions at this time.

One of the trucks appeared to be carrying a variety of beverages that spilled out along the hillside.

The Turnpike Commission said they have to wait until tomorrow to clear the wreckage, but it is no longer impacting traffic.

“We have equipment we contract out as well depending on the needs of the situation to essentially tow them out of there, pull them out, or if it needs to be more of a piecemeal approach, it just depends on the situation. I don’t have the specifics as to exactly what they’re going to do yet, but that’s generally what we would do,” said Crispin Havener of the PA Turnpike Commission.

The weather made driving was a headache for many people on the turnpike Tuesday, including Donna Rostant. She’s from just outside of Washington, D.C. and was heading through Pennsylvania to Columbus for some medical appointments.

“We left about 10 this morning and we have about three more hours on the road,” Rostant told Channel 11′s Andrew Havranek.

She said her drive through the mountains was miserable.

“Horrible. It was raining, just absolutely pouring when we first left, and right before we got to Breezewood, the roads were just absolutely awful,” Rostant said. “They’ve been really awful. I keep watching the temperature and it says 37 degrees, so that reassures me, but it’s just been really bad.”

Rostant said she was just going to take it easy on the roads the rest of the way through Pennsylvania and to Columbus, and hoped others would do the same.

“I think people in this area, who are from this area, have a good foundational knowledge of how to navigate it, but just be mindful, don’t be in a hurry,” she said. “Your life is more important than wherever it is you’re trying to get to.”

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