Truck rollover injures one, closes 901 for hours
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Trail Towing employees work to remove an overturned tractor trailer in Cass Township.
PRIMROSE – A tractor trailer rollover in this Cass Township village injured one person and closed PA Route 901 for several hours Wednesday while utility crews fixed several downed lines.
The crash happened around 3:00pm on Sunbury Road, Route 901, just north of Old Phoenix Road and the Geisinger LifeFlight 5 base.
Cass Township Police at the scene said the tractor trailer was headed eastbound on 901 towards Minersville when it rolled, striking a utility pole and several signs.
A passing car headed westbound had its side-view mirror sheared off by falling wires as the crash happened, police told the Sentinel.
The passenger in the tractor trailer suffered an elbow injury and was treated at the scene by Minersville Ambulance.
PPL Electric Utilities crews responded to the scene to repair a slew of downed wires in the roadway, which knocked out power for about 553 customers in the Primrose, Forestville, and Phoenix Park areas.
They estimated around 3:30pm that the road would be closed for about four to five hours from that point. PPL’s outage map estimated the repair would be complete by 10:00pm.
Fire crews from Cass Township and Minersville closed the highway from Front Street in Minersville to Valley Road in Buck Run.
Trail Towing and Recovery removed the vehicle from the scene.
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