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Tractor-Trailer Stopped Traveling Wrong Way On PA Turnpike

/ CBS Pittsburgh

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Tragedy was averted on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Saturday morning.

A tractor-trailer rig was headed west in the eastbound lanes at Butler Valley at around 3:30 a.m. The rig was stopped before anyone was hurt and state police helped the driver turn around.

Turnpike signs alerted other drivers to be on the lookout for a wrong-way driver.

First published on February 16, 2019 / 6:46 AM EST

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