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FNN Article © Wednesday, November 30, 2022.

MONTOURSVILLE, PA – Three individuals were critically injured in a terrible two-vehicle crash, that injured nine people who were traveling in a van along Interstate 180 East on Tuesday evening.

The accident was reported around 9:22 PM in the eastbound lanes between the Third Street and Loyalsock Avenue exits on Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

Multiple fire units and ambulances rushed to the scene of that two-vehicle incident. The accident closed down Interstate 180 East in Montoursville for nearly 5.5 hours.

According to Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Hutchins, a tractor trailer and a van were involved in the accident. The van was carrying nine people and all nine were reported injured.

It took firefighters approximately 40 minutes to cut apart the mangled van to extricate many of the injured individuals from the wreckage.

Four patients were said to have been transported to the Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsdale, while the other five were transported to the local UPMC Williamsport Hospital. No additional updates have been provided on the victims’ conditions nor have their names been released at this time. All nine victims were said to be Amish.

Borough Police are said to be handling the investigation into this violent accident. However, Pennsylvania State Police were seen assisting at the crash scene. Also it was noted that state police brought in an accident reconstructionist to the scene. The eastbound lanes were reported closed down until 3:00 AM Wednesday morning.

More information is expected to be released by authorities later today (Wednesday). When that information becomes available FNN will add it to this article.