25 vehicles in 2 pileups within miles of each other on I-80 in central Pa.; 1 dead, 18 hurt

2 pileups on I-80 in central Pa. kill 1, injure 18

CLEARFIELD, Pa. — Two pileups involving about 25 vehicles on snowy Interstate 80 in central Pennsylvania have left one man dead and 18 people injured.

Police say the first wreck began around 9 a.m. Wednesday after two tractor-trailers jackknifed in Clearfield County. At least 12 more trucks and three cars were involved in that pileup.

The second pileup happened about two miles back on the same interstate as traffic slowed for the wreck 30 minutes earlier.

Seven trucks crashed into one another, and a car ran into the side of one of the trucks.

Authorities say the driver of the car, 57-year-old Steven Samuelson, of Orangeville, Ill., was killed.

The National Weather Service says moderate snowfall was falling in nearby Clearfield at the time of the pileups. There was a half-mile of visibility.