Pennsylvania
1 dead after 5 pileups on snowy roads in New York, Pennsylvania
At least 5 multi-vehicle crashes occurred on interstates in Pennsylvania and New York on Thursday, involving dozens of cars. One person was killed.
Police say weather played a role in a 30-vehicle crash on I-81 near LaFayette, New York. Seven people were hospitalized after multiple collisions, including one involving three tractor-trailers.
Multiple vehicle pileups occurred on major highways during snow and slick roads in New York and Pennsylvania on Thursday, sending at least seven people to the hospital and causing one fatality.
As many as 37 vehicles piled up on I-81 near Lafayette, New York, 10 miles south of Syracuse, at around 2:20 p.m. EST Thursday. KY3.com says that seven people were taken to area hospitals, and the interstate was temporarily closed in both directions for around five hours. Video from the New York State police showed several dozen cars and several trucks entangled.
A pileup on I-81 in New York Thursday. (NY State Police)
A multi-vehicle accident on I-79 northbound at exit 122, near Jackson Center, Pennsylvania, closed the interstate for several hours. Erie News Now reported that a 22-year-old Erie resident died in the incident, which was about halfway between Pittsburgh and Erie.
A radar loop shows snow moving across Pennsylvania and New York on Thursday.
At 1:40 p.m. on I-90 westbound near Erie, Pennsylvania, all lanes of the interstate were closed for several hours after more than one multi-vehicle crash, according to YourErie.com. Video from storm chasers showed multiple jackknifed tractor-trailers and smashed cars. One large pileup resulted in a “massive EMS and rescue response,” according to storm chasers, but no information on casualties was available.
A pileup on I-90 in Pennsylvania Thursday. (Live Storms Media)
There were other accidents across Erie County, including one involving a Fairview School District school bus, according to a video from Live Storms Media, showing a bus being towed out of a ditch.
A school bus is pulled out of a ditch near Erie, Pennsylvania Thursday. (Live Storms Media)
Another pileup took place on I-80 Thursday morning around 10:30 a.m. near Clarion, Pennsylvania. The accident caused the temporary closure of I-80 at Exit 60, WTAJ reported. Video from storm chasers showed multiple semi trucks jackknifed at the bottom of a hill on a curve. There was no word on the number of injured. Storm chasers said smaller multi-vehicle crashes also occurred behind the main incident.
A pileup on I-80 in Pennsylvania Thursday. (Live Storms Media)
A multi-vehicle crash occurred 13 miles east of Erie, Pennsylvania, at 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon near exit 89. I-86 westbound was closed until 4:30 p.m., YourErie.com said. No information on injuries was available.
Unfortunately, chances for snow squalls continue over the Northeast into next week. These sudden heavy snow events can quickly cause visibility to become reduced and roads to become slick. If you encounter a snow squall, use our safe winter driving tips or follow the advice in the video below about driving in snowsqualls.
AccuWeather’s Anna Azallion explains what happens during a snow squall and shares safety tips on how to respond, which is crucial for locations where snow squalls are more common.
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The war with Iran could start impacting your wallet as soon as today.
Jim Garrity from AAA East Central says oil prices are up.
“They’re hovering around $72. They were pretty consistently around $65, $66 for a while,” he said.
Nationally, AAA said the average for a gallon of regular sits at about $3, up approximately six cents from last week.
In Pennsylvania, it’s around $3.12 a gallon, and in the Pittsburgh region, it’s around $3.24 a gallon. That’s actually down about four cents from last week.
Garrity added that gas prices this time of year would already be increasing, usually because of higher demand for the warmer months and the production of the summer blend of gas used for those months.
The impacts of what’s happening in Iran may not be immediate, which could be part of why our region and the state overall have not seen a spike yet, he said.
“It could be a couple of days later. It could be up to a week later,” Garrity said.
A lot of people are watching what happens with the Strait of Hormuz. Iran borders it to the north, and 20% of the world’s oil goes through it.
Iran is one of the world’s biggest oil producers, and China gets a lot of that oil.
“If there is an impact there, you could see oil start to come in from other parts of the world, which has a downstream effect on [the United States],” Garrity said.
One way you can save on gas if prices increase in our area is by slowing down.
“When you drive faster every five miles, over 50 miles an hour, your fuel efficiency is going down,” Garrity said. “You’re making the car work harder, making the gasoline consumption less effective.”
Garrity added that in 2022, when our area and many others saw some of the highest gas prices ever recorded, people changed their driving habits.
“We saw people make seemingly permanent changes to their driving behaviors, driving less in general, consolidating trips,” he said.
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