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Big Rig Rollover Creates Traffic Problems on Turnpike

PLAINS TOWNSHIP — Crews cleaned up a wreck that created traffic problems on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Luzerne County. According to officials, a tractor...
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PLAINS TOWNSHIP — Crews cleaned up a wreck that created traffic problems on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Luzerne County.

According to officials, a tractor-trailer rolled over in the northbound lanes near the Wyoming Valley exit around 5 a.m. Tuesday.

Troopers said the truck was carrying a load of bottled water.

The driver was taken to the hospital.

Troopers detoured drivers off the turnpike at the Pocono Interchange.

Authorities said the road was reopened around 1 p.m. after guide rail repairs were completed.

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