Freak accident closes Route 15
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- The tire that caused the crash on Route 15 in Armstrong Township on Monday afternoon broke loose from this Ford car, state police said. The driver of this car was not hurt while three family members in the car that was hit by the tire were taken to the hospital. The father riding in the car was critically injured, according to emergency responders. PHIL HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
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- PHIL HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
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- This was the tire that broke loose from a northbound car on Route 15, bounced over a Jersey barrier and crashed into a southbound car on Route 15, injuring a family of three that was in the southbound vehicle on Monday afternoon. The crash occurred just south of Old Montgomery Pike Road in Armstrong Township. PHIL HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
Route 15 South from Market Street in South Williamport to Route 54 in Clinton Township was closed for much of Monday afternoon following what state police are calling a freak accident. A mother and father along with a juvenile family member were taken by ambulances to UPMC Williamsport to be treated for injuries they suffered when a tire shattered the windshield of their southbound car about 1:30 p.m. Police said the tire came off the front driver’s side of a Ford passenger car that was heading north on Route 15. It is believed the tire bounced once, cleared a Jersey barrier and crashed into the windshield of of an oncoming car before landing along the road, police said. The other driver was not hurt, police said. Route 15 was reopened at 5:30 p.m. Monday.