LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) -- State Police released new details Friday about the fatal four-vehicle crash that closed a stretch of I-81 by the Dauphin and Lebanon County line on Thursday morning.
James Stokes, 27, of Cresco, was killed in the crash that happened before 2:30 a.m. on I-81 north in East Hanover Township by Mile Marker 84.8, State Police at Jonestown said in a release.
A tractor-trailer crashed into the back of another one, causing the first tractor-trailer to jackknife. Then a vehicle that Stokes was a passenger in crashed into the back of the second tractor-trailer, which then caused that to move into the other lane where a fourth vehicle hit it and caught fire.
Stokes was pronounced dead at the scene, while two other people were taken to Hershey Medical Center for evaluation, State Police say.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing. Anyone with information or possibly caught the crash on dash camera footage is asked to contact PSP Jonestown at (717)-865-2194.
The crash caused part of I-81 to shut down for the entire morning, and some of the afternoon.