Fatal crash shuts down I-81 southbound traffic: police PennLive.com 2/20/2021 Jana Benscoter, pennlive.com
One person was killed in a crash on I-81 south in West Hanover Township in Dauphin County Friday evening.
The crash happened near the Hershey and Manada Hill exit. All lanes of 81 south are currently shut down near Exit 77, said Pennsylvania State Police spokeswoman Megan Ammerman.
“All we know is it was immediately apparent that it was fatal and both southbound lanes of 81 south are shut down at 75.5 southbound,” said Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokeswoman Fritzi Schreffler.
Check 511pa.com for traffic updates. This is a developing story.
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