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Part of eastbound Route 422 reopens after multi-vehicle crash, fuel clean-up

Part of eastbound Route 422 closes for fuel clean-up after multi-vehicle crash

BUTLER, Pa. — Part of a Butler County highway has reopened hours after a multi-vehicle crash.

Our partners at Butler Radio report that first responders were sent to the crash on eastbound Route 422 just past the Jefferson Street exit around 2 p.m. One person was taken to an area hospital with unknown injuries.

PennDOT officials temporarily closed the eastbound lanes between PA8 North – Harrisville and Mitchell Hill Road so crews could clean up a fuel spill. Butler Radio reports 50 gallons of diesel spilled from a tractor trailer.

The roadway reopened around 6 p.m.

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