A Monroe County man is dead after a crash involving four vehicles shut down a stretch of Interstate 81 in Lebanon County Thursday morning.
On Friday, Pennsylvania State Police identified the victim as James R. Stokes, 27, of Cresco, Pennsylvania.
According to a report from troopers, the crash happened around 12:27 a.m. in the northbound lanes near mile marker 84.8 in East Hanover Township. A tractor-trailer in the right lane rear-ended a second vehicle, another tractor-trailer, causing the first tractor-trailer to jack-knife. A third vehicle, a Subaru Outback, then struck the end of the second tractor-trailer, pushing the Subaru into the left lane, where it was hit by a Hyundai Elentra. The Hyundai then caught fire.Drivers of the second tractor-trailer and the Subaru Outback were taken to Hershey Medical Center for evaluation.
Northbound lanes were closed for hours between Exit 80: PA 743 - Grantville/Hershey and Exit 85B: Fort Indiantown Gap, near the border of Dauphin and Lebanon counties. PennDOT reports the road closure began around 2:40 a.m., and lanes were reopened by noon.
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