CUMBERLAND — Authorities were dealing with multiple accidents along Interstate 68 Saturday evening from Flinstone to Cumberland.
At approximately 6:12 p.m., fire units from LaVale and Cumberland, along with LaVale EMS and the Allegany County Bureau of Police, responded to an incident atop Haystack Mountain on eastbound I-68 where two tractor-trailors crashed near the 41 mile marker in the vicinity of Seton Drive.
Eastbound I-68 was closed as the Times-News went to press.
There was at least one transport to a local hospital due to injury, according to a dispatcher at the Allegany County Joint Communications Center.
State Highway Administration officials also responded to the scene.
A second accident occurred about 30 minutes later on westbound I-68 near Flintstone.
There, authorities said a single vehicle wrecked near the 56 mile marker. No injuries were reported.
