FREDERICKSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say more than 70 people were treated following the huge pileup on a central Pennsylvania interstate that killed three people.
State police in Lebanon County said Sunday that 50-year-old Kenneth J. Lesko, of Bethpage, New York; 54-year-old Francisca V. Pear, of Bridgewater, New Jersey; and 57-year-old Alfred Dean Kinnick, of Limestone, Tennessee, were all pronounced dead at the scene.
He said Saturday’s crash on Interstate 78 during a snow squall involved 64 vehicles, including a dozen commercial vehicles such as tractor-trailers and box trucks.
At least one person remains in critical condition with injuries from the crash. Penn State Hershey Medical Center said two others taken to the hospital with critical injuries had improved.
The interstate reopened Sunday morning.
Trooper Adam Reed said investigators believe that “passing snow squalls played a role in causing the crash.”
