Three Injured in 3-Truck Accident in Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel on PA Turnpike
Tuscarora, PA — December 8, 2022, three people were hospitalized after a crash between a tractor-trailer, a box truck, and a pickup truck in Tuscarora.
Authorities say the incident happened around 8:00 a.m. inside the Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Preliminary investigation suggests only that the three trucks collided under unknown circumstances in the eastbound tunnel.
Three people involved in the crash were taken to an area hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.
No further information is available at this time.
Commentary on Truck Accident in Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel
Right now there's no telling what happened here and there are still all kinds of variables to investigate before conclusions could be reached. Did someone just mess up? Reports say all traffic was funneled through there while the westbound tunnel underwent maintenance; were the tight quarters an issue? Did one of the trucks malfunction or blow a tire? Were other non-contact vehicles part of the problem? What, as they say, gives?
I read the same reports as everyone else, and while I'm not coming down on police for not having the whole story yet that means the public is frustratingly in the dark here. Hopefully law enforcement is hard at work connecting the dots, but if this is like many other commercial truck wrecks I've seen their efforts may come up short and the injured victims may not get the answers and help they deserve without someone else stepping in.
