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UPDATE: New Jersey man dead after crash in Carbon County

The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. Friday night.

CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — Officials identified 33-year-old Harry Jackson III from New Jersey as the man who died in a crash in Carbon County Friday night.

The crash happened when a tractor-trailer was traveling south on the turnpike just before the Lehighton Exit.

Police say the tractor-trailer hit the center concrete barrier before hitting a vehicle in the oncoming lanes.

Concrete from the barrier struck several other cars, and two of the cars ran into the tractor-trailer.

Another driver was seriously injured and taken to the hospital.

Original Story:

The north and southbound lanes have reopened after a deadly crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Carbon County.

The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. Friday night between the Lehighton Exit 74 and Route 209 Exit 87.

The coroner says one man died in the crash that involved six cars.

There is no word on what caused the crash in Carbon County.

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