Tractor-Trailer Rolls Off Route 422

One person hurt in morning crash

By Dan Stamm
|  Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012  |  Updated 8:28 AM EDT
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Tractor-Trailer Rolls Off Route 422

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Crews investigate the crash off Route 422.

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One person was hurt after a tractor-trailer rolled down into a ditch off Route 422 in Berks County Wednesday morning.

The single-vehicle crash happened around 5:45 a.m. on 422 westbound near River Bridge Road, according to authorities.

The tractor trailer appeared to have crashed through a guard rail and rolled down an embankment.

One person was medivaced from the scene, according to authorities.

No further information was given on his or her condition.

Traffic along Route 422 was snarled while crews worked to clean up the wreck. As of 8:20 a.m., just one lane was getting by westbound between the Ben Franklin Highway and Route 662.


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Posted Feb 22, 2012
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