(File Photo of Road Closed Signs on a Road)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hanover Township, PA) A two-vehicle crash that occurred in Hanover Township yesterday which overturned a tractor-trailer shut down Route 22 close to Burgettstown for about six hours and caused two people to get taken to the hospital. According to a Washington County 911 supervisor, the crash at mile marker one on westbound Route 22 in Hanover Township was first reported at 6:13 p.m. yesterday. A tractor-trailer and another vehicle were involved and two people were taken to hospitals in the area of the crash and one of them was taken to an area hospital in a medical helicopter. After the crash, Route 22 between Exit PA 18 – Florence/Burgettstown and the West Virginia line was closed in both directions for almost 6 hours. This crash is being investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police.