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Story by Frank Sparks, News/Program director
Thursday, November 18, 2021
(Harmony, Pa.) One person is dead after a crash around 5 PM yesterday on Interstate 79 in Butler County northbound around mile marker 96. The crash had all lanes of Interstate 79 closed for hours from the Harmony Exit to the Portersville Exit.
There’s no word on how many vehicles were involved or if there are other injuries.
No other details on the crash can be released at this time.

Update:
One person was killed and two were hurt in a wrong-way crash on I-79 in Butler County.
A pickup truck was driving south when it crossed the median into the northbound lanes and crashed into another truck head-on.
As a result of that crash, those trucks then hit a third vehicle around the Portersville exit.
The driver of the first truck was flown to the hospital and his passenger was taken to the hospital via ambulance. The driver of the truck heading northbound, 58-year-old Harry Hibbard died at the scene.
Those inside the third vehicle only suffered mild injuries.