NE Extension reopens after crash involving 4 tractor-trailers

TOWAMENCIN TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- Traffic is flowing again on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-476) after a crash involving four tractor-trailers shut down the northbound lanes of the highway for hours on Tuesday.

The crash happened before 5:30 a.m. in an ongoing construction zone just north of the Lansdale exit in Towamencin Township, Montgomery County.

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Pictured: The scene of the crash on the Northeast Extension of the Pa. Turnpike near the Lansdale Interchange on Tuesday, October 25.

Along with the trucks, at least one other vehicle was involved.

Despite the heavy damage to the vehicles involved, only one minor injury was reported.

Police shut down all northbound lanes at the Lansdale exit and for nine hours it was detoured all the way up to the Quakertown exit in Bucks County.

Turnpike officials handed out slips of paper with suggestions on how to get around the closure.

Matt Inca, from Philadelphia, was one of the lucky ones. He was getting off at the Lansdale exit anyway.

"I was coming up actually from Levittown, and I thought it was going to be worse. I was stuck in it for about 15 minutes, but yeah... it was traffic," he said.

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According to the commission's website,
The highway was reopened just before 3 p.m. when the scene was finally cleared.

A crash involving four tractor-trailers and several cars has shut down the Northeast Extension northbound lanes in Towamencin, Montgomery County.