Video shows huge I-81 pileup in Pennsylvania during Monday's snow squall
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 crash, which Pennsylvania State Police confirmed involved up to 60 vehicles. Police said several injuries were reported.
Another warning was put on the southcentral Pa. area, including Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties, until mid-afternoon.
The American Red Cross has 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 Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Video: Cars, trucks crash in huge I-81 Pennsylvania snow squall pileup
