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An accident involving three tractor-trailers has shutdown the eastbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bucks County.
The accident happened at about 6 a.m. Friday in the eastbound lanes of the Turnpike near the exit for Route 1 in Bensalem.
According to investigators, the accident involved three tractor-trailers.
As a result of the crash, several rolls of steel that were being hauled by one of the tractors involved in the crash smashed through a concrete barrier and ended up in the westbound lanes.
A chain accident involving 50 cars and one fatality Sunday afternoon has shut down the westbound section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Downingtown and Morgantown.
A driver, whose identity has not been released, was involved in a one-vehicle accident while heading west when their vehicle slid and crashed just after snow started falling around 12:30 p.m., said a turnpike spokesman. When the motorist got out of their vehicle after the accident, they were hit by another vehicle and killed.