A number of people have died in a motorway pile-up involving
more than 50 vehicles in Pennsylvania. The crash, 120km (75miles) north-west of
Philadelphia, left trucks and cars strewn across three lanes of traffic and the
central reservation.
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency said 40 people
had been taken to hospital and 70 to a temporary shelter. Drivers have been
urged to use caution amid cold weather and drifting snow.
A spokeswoman for Penn State Hershey Medical Center said three
patients had been brought in in a critical condition, three more with moderate
to severe injuries and four with minor injuries.
Agency spokesman Cory Angell said drifting snow had been
reported in the area of the crash, which took place on the eastern carriageway
of Interstate 78 near the town of Bethel Township.
Officials have warned people in the north-eastern US to stay
indoors during what the National Weather Service described as
"life-threatening temperatures".
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