Eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike reopens in New Stanton after crash occurs in Somerset County

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Vehicles move past signs that indicate payment methods for driving on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the entrance ramp in Gibsonia, Pa. in this file photo from Aug. 30, 2021. Gov. Tom Wolf gave final approval on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, to legislation aimed at getting owners or operators of some 25,000 vehicles to pay their overdue bills for turnpike usage, The law that could trigger the suspension of thousands of vehicle registrations early next year. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Somerset County, PA) The Pennsylvania Turnpike eastbound reopened in New Stanton this morning after a crash occurred east of the Allegheny Tunnel. According to Pennsylvania State Police in Somerset, a commercial vehicle rolled on its side shortly before 6 a.m. near mile 129 between the Somerset and Bedford interchanges, blocking all of the lanes. Forty-three-year-old Ying Fu of La Puente, California lost control of the tractor-trailer that he was driving while trying to stop for the overturned vehicle, and he hit a guide rail and crashed, which also blocked all of the lanes. Fu was taken to a hospital with a suspected minor injury and he was charged by police. A few hours after the incident, the Pennsylvania Turnpike east from New Stanton Exit 75 to Breezewood Exit 161 reopened.