Crash Involving Multiple Vehicles Closes Route 22 East (UPDATE)

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Crash involving multiple vehicles closes Route 22 East (UPDATE)
  • Updated: May. 20, 2022, 7:51 a.m.
  • Published: May. 19, 2022, 6:47 p.m.
A crash involving multiple vehicles closed Route 22 East on Thursday evening in Lehigh County.
A crash involving multiple vehicles has Route 22 East closed the evening of Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Lehigh County.Mike Nester | lehighvalleylive.com contributor
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  • Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com

UPDATE 2: 9 vehicles involved in crash that shut Route 22 East in Lehigh County, police say

UPDATE: The crash was reported cleared shortly before 8 p.m.

CLEARED: Multi vehicle crash on US 22 eastbound between PA 309 South and PA 229/Cedar Crest Blvd.

— 511PA Allentown (@511PAAllentown) May 19, 2022

INITIAL POST: A crash involving multiple vehicles closed Route 22 East on Thursday evening in Lehigh County.

The crash closed all eastbound lanes, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said about 5:45 p.m.

UPDATE: Multi vehicle crash on US 22 eastbound between PA 309 South and PA 229/Cedar Crest Blvd. All lanes closed.

— 511PA Allentown (@511PAAllentown) May 19, 2022

It remained closed as of 6:15 p.m.

Aerial photos submitted to lehighvalleylive.com by freelance photographer Mike Nester showed a jumble of vehicles against the center jersey-barrier median beside a dump truck.

Further information was not immediately available.

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