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First Posted: 3/22/2013
UPDATED: The incident has been cleared. Traffic is moving normally, once more.
WILKES-BARRE TWP. – A tractor trailer crash on Interstate-81 northbound between the Nanticoke/Sugar Notch and Wilkes-Barre exits earlier Friday morning has caused major delays in the area.
A single lane is open on the northbound lane causing traffic to back up on the Interstate and state Route 29 approaching the northbound lane of the highway.
A tractor-trailer left the highway and slid down an embankment just before the Wilkes-Barre exit at about 4:30 a.m
Traffic is also heavy on state Route 309 and Wilkes-Barre Township Boulevard in Wilkes-Barre Township, and Blackman Street in Wilkes-Barre due to motorists avoiding the congestion on Interstate-81.