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A fatal crash involving a tractor-trailer is causing major delays on Route 222 in Lancaster County.
The crash happened shortly after 4 a.m. in the northbound lanes of 222 about a mile south of the Denver Turnpike exit.
Northbound traffic is down to one lane and is expected to remain that way for hours (as of 10:30 a.m.).
The tractor-trailer was carrying construction equipment. It's not yet known what caused the crash.
A 71-year-old woman was killed Wednesday in a single-vehicle crash in Washington County.
The Washington Co. Coroner said Joyce Elaine Emerick, of Marianna, was driving her Chevy Blazer on Little Daniels Road in North Bethlehem Township when she crashed at 11:30 a.m.
Emerick's SUV went off the road, hit an embankment and rolled over, the coroner said. She was taken to Washington Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 12:37 p.m.
Emerick's cause and manner of death have not yet been determined.
State police in Washington are investigating.
Washington Township police are investigating a single-vehicle fatal accident that happened just before 10 a.m. Sunday.
Police say a white 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer was heading south in the 3800 block of Marsh Road in Waynesboro and failed to negotiate a right turn.
The vehicle left the south side of the roadway and struck a tree, according to police.
Investigators say the driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.