By Mark Leberfinger, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
December 26,2013; 8:51PM,EST
Vehicles are piled up at
mile marker 286 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, a mile outside Reading,
Pa., on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/David C. Ronk)
The turnpike crash occurred near Reading, Pa., at about 9:10 a.m., the turnpike commission said.
The westbound lanes of the turnpike were blocked with more than 30 vehicles were involved, The Associated Press reported.
Roads were slippery at the time of the crash.
"There was a burst of snow that moved through the Reading-Lancaster-York areas and dropped 1 or 2 inches of snow over a three-hour period," AccuWeather.com Meterologist John Dlugoenski said.
Ten people were taken to the hospital from the turnpike crash, The AP reported.
Another crash closed down part of I-78 in Berks County. More than 60 people were injured, according to The AP.
Vehicles are piled up at mile marker 286 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, one mile outside Reading, Pa., on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. Portions of both the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 78 were shut down in snowy eastern Pennsylvania Thursday after chain-reaction pileups involved dozens of vehicles on slippery roads. (AP Photo/David C. Ronk)
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