July 21, 2010

• Crash Stalls Traffic On 222

  (Update at bottom)

  A tractor-trailer crash is causing big backups on Route 222 in Lancaster County. The crash has shut down the northbound lanes of 222 one mile south of the Ephrata exit. The southbound lanes are being stopped periodically to let drivers turn around.The crash involved a tractor-trailer, a BMW SUV and a van.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Four people were hurt. A tractor trailer, operated by Gary C. Tompkins, age 54, of Oneida, Tennessee, was traveling north on SR 222 and encountered traffic that had slowed down due to the lane restriction. The tractor-trailer stuck the rear of a 2007 Chrysler Pacifica operated by a female. The Pacifica was pushed off to the right side of the road where it overturned. The tractor trailer then struck the rear of a 2007 Toyota Sienna, which was also slowing down for traffic, operated by Gerald Russell, age 63 , of Owego, NY. Tompkins was not hurt, but the driver of the Pacifica and a female passenger were taken to Reading Hospital by ambulance. Russell suffered minor injuries but was not hospitalized. A passenger in Russell’s vehicle, Sharon Chambers, of Cooperstown, N.Y., was taken to Ephrata Hospital by ambulance.

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