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Coal truck crash closes road in Northumberland County

A tractor-trailer hauling coal dirt collided with a car around 8 a.m. Tuesday on Route 54 near Shamokin.

SHAMOKIN, Pa. — A heavily traveled road in Northumberland County has reopened following a crash.

A tractor-trailer hauling coal dirt collided with a car around 8 a.m. Tuesday on Route 54 near Shamokin.

The truck overturned and spilled around 40 tons of coal dirt onto the roadway.

Two people in the car were taken to the hospital.

The driver of the tractor-trailer is OK after the crash.

The road reopened by 2 p.m., according to PennDOT.

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