Women freed in PA Turnpike bus crash, 25 injured
WPVI-TV reports a women has been freed this morning after a bus flipped over on the westbound side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, near the Lebanon-Lancaster exit.
According to the report, the women was trapped after the bus overturned on the interstate.
The accident happened around 6:00 a.m.. at milepost 267, which is one mile east of the Lebanon-Lancaster exit.
A turnpike spokesman tells WPVI-TV that between 20-25 people were injured. Early reports this morning suggested the number of injuries reached as high as 29.
According to WPVI-TV, the bus originated in New York City and was bound for Pittsburgh and St. Louis after stoping in Philadelphia.
As of 9:30 a.m., the westbound lanes of the turnpike in the area of the accident were still closed.
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