Multiple fatalities reported in big US highway pileup

(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) A deadly pileup involving dozens of vehicles on an interstate highway in Pennsylvania sent more than 40 people to hospitals and more than 70 others to an emergency shelter set up to keep them out of the cold, authorities said Saturday, AP reported.

Multiple fatalities were reported following the crash on Interstate 78 in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency spokesman Cory Angell said.

State police said more than 50 vehicles were involved in the crash, which happened around 9:45 a.m. The pileup left tractor-trailers, box trucks and cars tangled together across three lanes of traffic and into the snow-covered median about 75 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia.