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One Dead in Crash that Closed Highway

CLARKS SUMMIT — One person was killed in an early morning crash that closed a highway in Lackawanna County. A tractor-trailer and an SUV wrecked just befo...

CLARKS SUMMIT -- One person was killed in an early morning crash that closed a highway in Lackawanna County.

A tractor-trailer and an SUV wrecked just before 1 a.m. on Friday morning.

According to state police, the SUV slammed into the back of the truck on Interstate 81 north near the Clarks Summit exit.

The passenger -- Carly Otto, 26, of Dalton --  was killed in the crash. The driver -- Brandon Vansplinter of Scott Township -- was injured and taken to the hospital.

Both lanes of Interstate 81 North were shut down for over two hours.

After being treated at the hospital, Vansplinter was arrested on a warrant from a previous incident.

 

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