Veteran first responder to I-80 massive pileups likens them to ‘a combat zone’
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
LOGANTON – A Clinton County fire chief who has responded to several pileups on Interstate 80, including one last week, said that it’s “like something you don’t expect to see unless you are in a combat zone.”
Sugar Valley Fire Chief Scott Kemmerer was one of those who raced to the scene of the 66-vehicle crash Dec. 16 on I-80 near Loganton.
“Carnage” would be a good word to describe the wreckage of last week’s crash, he said.
“Rigs were tossed about like matchbox cars,” he said, adding that the cars were significantly damaged. Of the 66 vehicles, 55 were big rigs.
U S 422 West Lane Closed Monday Night For Sign Installation
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PennDOT extends deadline for ‘Innovations Challenge’
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced that the deadline for the fourth annual Innovations Challenge has been extended through Jan. 15, 2021.
Students in grades 9-12 regardless of their school’s learning model are invited to participate in this year’s Innovations Challenge, which encourages students to use their problem-solving, creative and strategic-thinking abilities to solve real-world transportation challenges in a competition among their peers, a press release said.
This year’s Innovations Challenge asks students to develop an innovative and implementable solution that helps address Pennsylvania’s transportation revenue shortfall by identifying potential new funding streams, aside from additional gas taxes, tolls or mileage-based user fees, to help ensure adequate transportation funding for the future, according to the release.