May 13th, 2010 | 
Author: PARADISE, PA – Three people were injured early Tuesday morning, May 4, 2010, when a semi trailer truck rear-ended another semi truck on a highway in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The two-truck accident occurred on State Route 30, also known as Lincoln Highway, in the city of Paradise, PA. The area of the collision is east of the Lancaster metro region in the southeast section of the state, 60 miles west of Philadelphia and 90 miles northeast of Baltimore, Maryland.
The impact of the truck accident caused damage to the back trailer of the front semi truck and crushed the cab of the second truck which bore the logo of A. Duie Pyle, a transportation company based in West Chester, PA.
Shortly before 4:00 a.m. Tuesday morning two semi trailer trucks were traveling east on Route 30. The two 18 wheelers were in the same lane of traffic, one behind the other. As the two semi trucks traveled through the 3300 block of Lincoln Highway East in the township of Paradise the front truck suddenly came to a stop on the highway. The second truck apparently did not have time to slow or maneuver out of the way to avoid a collision and slammed into the back trailer of the first truck.
The impact of the truck accident caused damage to the back trailer of the front semi truck and crushed the cab of the second truck which bore the logo of A. Duie Pyle, a transportation company based in West Chester, PA.
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State police, local firefighters and emergency personnel responded to the scene of the truck accident and found the unidentified truck driver in the A. Duie Pyle semi trailer trapped in the crushed cab of his rig.
According to one official the rescue had an additional complication in keeping the trailer of the front semi truck from tipping over while they were working to free the driver from the cab. Firefighters worked for almost an hour to extricate him from the wrecked truck, using tools to cut through the metal door and back section of the cab. Once freed the truck driver was transported to Lancaster General Hospital for treatment. Authorities described his injuries as serious.
The driver of the first semi and a passenger in his truck were also injured in the truck accident. They were also taken to Lancaster General Hospital with what was reported as minor and not life threatening injuries.
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Authorities shut down the section of Route 30/Lincoln Highway in the area around the truck accident and traffic was diverted around the scene for several hours. Highway crews worked to remove the debris and wreckage of the collision and the two disabled trailer trucks were towed off the highway.
A Haz-Mat team was also onsite to clean up diesel fuel which spilled during the truck accident and prevent it from getting into local water systems and drains.
State police were reconstructing the truck accident trying to determine the cause of the collision. It is not known at this time why the truck driver of the first semi stopped in the highway, or if the second driver was following too close behind and not leaving enough distance to avoid a rear end collision.
No charges or citations have been made at this time and the truck accident remains under investigation.
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