CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A tree toppled onto the Schuylkill Expressway on Saturday morning causing traffic to back up and drivers to crash into the stopped vehicles.
The tree came down on the expressway around 1:30 a.m. near the Conshohocken Curve.
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Pennsylvania State Police called in PennDOT crews with a front-end loader to remove the tree.
While troopers had the road shut down, police said a multi-vehicle accident occurred when several drivers traveling eastbound near mile marker 333 were not able to stop in time and struck the stopped traffic.
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Injuries have been reported, but there is no word on the severity.
The Schuylkill Expressway reopened to traffic around 6 a.m.