Overview

• Pennsylvania State Police say a tire detached from a southbound vehicle on I‑476 in Whitpain Township around 1:30 p.m. Monday and struck a northbound SUV, seriously injuring two people who were airlifted.
• The SUV’s windshield and part of its roof were crushed, multiple ambulances and two medevac helicopters responded, and lanes that were initially closed in both directions began partial reopening later in the afternoon.
• Initial reports from the Turnpike scene indicated the loose tire came from a pickup truck traveling in the opposite lanes, with state police continuing the investigation.
• In central Massachusetts, a seven‑vehicle crash involving a lumber/logging truck on Route 2 near Phillipston sent six people to local hospitals with serious injuries and one to a Worcester hospital with life‑threatening injuries; westbound lanes reopened by mid‑afternoon.
• Separately in Pennsylvania, a flatbed carrying lumber overturned on I‑81 north in Cumberland County on Monday night, closing lanes for debris removal, and a distinct single‑vehicle crash off an I‑81 exit in Antrim Township killed 37‑year‑old Jason A. Pugh, according to state police.