A motor vehicle accident today (Friday, September 5, 2014) on the Pennsylvania Turnpike (between 44-Quakertown and 56-Lehigh Valley) is resulting in heavy traffic on SR309 through West Penn, Tamaqua and Hometown.
According to a set of alerts via the Pennsylvania Turnpike website, last updated at 9:18 PM, all lanes are now open and heavy traffic still exists. It asks drivers to keep alert.
Just before 4 PM today, a woman died in a motor vehicle accident at mile marker 60.2 in Lehigh County. Click HERE to read that story.
The turnpike was closed for an unknown amount of time while State Police investigated. Most drivers were detoured through SR309.
Tamaqua resident Ed Smith said it took him 5 hours to drive from Philadelphia to Tamaqua, adding that the Interstate was backed up 18 miles.
Tamaqua Fire Police volunteers are staged at multiple intersections along SR309 through the borough in an attempt to keep traffic moving.
Tamaqua’s and Marian’s football games are also letting out.