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Driver Cited for Interstate Crash

SCRANTON — We’re learning more about why it took so long to clean up a truck crash Tuesday along Interstate 81 in Lackawanna County. That wreck on I...
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SCRANTON -- We're learning more about why it took so long to clean up a truck crash Tuesday along Interstate 81 in Lackawanna County.

That wreck on I-81 northbound between the Davis Street and River Street exits caused a nearly 12-mile backup that lasted about eight hours.

State police now tell us that 78,000 pounds of yogurt and other dairy products spilled onto the highway and median and had to be picked up by hand

Troopers also say because there was snow in the forecast, they didn't want to wait to clean up the mess.

Authorities say the driver, Jerry Masser, 71, from Columbia County, was not hurt but was cited after the crash for following another vehicle too closely.

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