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Multi-Vehicle Crash Shuts Down Pa. Highway; 15 Hurt

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania State Police say a crash involving at least 13 vehicles has shut down a snowy section of Interstate 90 just south of Erie, and at least 15 people have been taken to hospitals with injuries.

Trooper Stephen Oler tells the Erie Times-News emergency crews responded to the crash near Girard, about 20 miles south of Erie, just before 1 p.m. Thursday. Snow started accumulating in the area earlier in the day. Injuries ranged from minor to severe.

At least five tractor-trailers and multiple passenger vehicles are involved. Those not taken to hospitals are taking shelter in a school bus.

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Keith Greiner of Buffalo, New York, tells the newspaper he and his wife were rear-ended and got out of the car.

He says that's when a number of tractor-trailers smashed into it. He says his car is "buried" underneath the semitrailers.

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