FRAILEY TOWNSHIP -- Part of Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County was shut down for hours due to crashes.
According to PennDOT, a crash at mile marker 108 on Interstate 81 south near the Tremont/Tower City exit had both southbound lanes closed as of 5 p.m. Saturday.
PennDOT reported another crash involving multiple vehicles occurred in the same area in the northbound lanes around 4:30 p.m. Both northbound lanes were also shut down.
Traffic was moving again in both directions after 9 p.m.
There is no word on any injuries.
PennDOT has reduced the speed limit on area interstates to 45 mph due to winter weather.
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dolphins4
The vehicles probably wrecked when they fell into one of the skooks potholes. The skook has the worst roads in the state.
I have had enough!
That’s all going to change with the $5 the county thieves tacked onto the vehicle registrations.
PEATER MOSS
I bet the Bash A Trucker trolls are peeved that a Truck wasn’t mentioned in this story.
Bash a trucker troll
A truck wasn’t mentioned but I would bet money a trucker caused it then found the nearest truckstop parking lot to hide out in until this morning.
PEATER MOSS
Just like a whack a mole,
They always pop up
You must be joking!
It certainly was a trucker stuck on the S turn who had traffic blocked on RT 61 between St. Clair and Frackville for two hours. It happens on just about every snowstorm. I’m sure the hundreds of people waiting for them to get you out of both lanes had nowhere to be. I hope the giant wrecker that got you pulled out charged you a fortune!
In a galaxy far far away
Actually, there were 4 truckers stuck on Rt. 61 yesterday. The one on the S turn had both lanes blocked. I was tied up in that mess too. I was 6 cars behind that truck. He should have never even tried as he was spinning before he made it into the turn. You’re right, happens often. The truckers are the only ones who have to be somewhere. Well over two hours. Why dont the St. Clair cops make them wait in the Walmart parking lot until PenDot can make a pass or two?
PEATER MOSS
The trucker did have somewhere to be.
He was delivering more computers for the Bash A Trucker Trolls to peck away on.
PEATER MOSS
Wait in the parking lot for Penn Dot to plow
I don’t think they want to stay there until spring
You must be joking!
Apparently to someone, it was the fault of the hundreds of cars stuck at a standstill on Rt. 61 for hours that some truck got themselves jack knifed across the S turn on 61. It was everybody elses fault. Typical. I was coming home from work and had no problems driving but it was my fault they tried to pull a 70000 lb rig through such a tight graded turn. I should have know better!
Cowboy
80, 84 and 380! There’s still time left to make the news.
Open minded bigot :(
Can we just please blame this on Russia and the 11 billion dollars that was supposed to go to Carter Page but ended up somewhere in the Clinton Foundation now that these indictments were done? Call us expletive racists and when the truth comes out… Fluff. Nobody that lives outside of Schuylkill County cares other than to make jokes.
Coal crackers
That’s for sure. The skook is one big joke. Two skooks and a West Virginian walk in a bar…..
badger
how do you know he’s from West Virginia? he’s still got all his teeth.
Coal crackers
He’s carrying hard coal. The skooks are carrying soft coal. You didn’t let me finish the joke.
The road scholar
The real shocking story would read, “No crashes on 81 today.”
tom
that would mean penndot would have to plow, salt and maintain the road properly and that ain’t happening. they are useless
Robert Hudson
The real problem isn’t PennDOT. It’s the number of moronic drivers infesting the region. Intellect is not a commodity in vast supply.
Cowboy
So what’s new on 81?