2-Vehicle Accident on Extremely Slippery Bootjack Road near Ridgway–North & South Lanes Now Open
At 11:10 AM on Sunday, Ridgway Fire & EMS have been dispatched to the area of 15403 Bootjack Road for a 2 vehicle crash. Road is extremely slippery. PennDOT is being notified. Northbound lane blocked. Two 80-year-old patients in one vehicle reporting injuries. One patient in second vehicle is injured. Route 219 is closed on Bootjack Road. 2 Ambulances are responding from Ridgway and one from Fox Township.
11:34 AM–Fox Township ambulance released from Bootjack crash & dispatched to Powers Drive for another crash. Another crash on Toby Road is reported to possibly have no injuries. State Police are reported to be handling multiple crashes.
11:38 AM–St. Marys has been dispatched to Wilson Road & Windfall Road for a 2 vehicle accident.
12:03 PM–Bootjack is back open now. Bucktail Road (Route 120) now reported to have vehicles that slid off the road in multiple locations.
12:05 PM–Penn Highlands ELK IS ON FULL DIVERSION. Power failure has taken down phones & computer-operated equipment.