I-81 Carnage Survivor's Video Draws Nationwide Attention

Pittsburgh PA

29 March, 2022

4:34 PM

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PENNSYLVANIA — Harrowing video taken by a survivor of Monday's devastating crash that killed at least three people and injured at least 24 along a Pennsylvania interstate has garnered national attention. The video, shot by Mike Moye, occurred as the chain-reaction crash involving at least 60 vehicles was unfolding during a whiteout along I-81 in Schuylkill County. Moye had gotten out of his vehicle and thankfully was not in it when it was struck by a truck. RELATED: 3 Dead, 24 Injured As Search For Victims In I-81 Crash Continues "Damn," Moye said. "My car is gone." The video includes tractor-trailers ablaze, a person almost getting struck by an out-of-control vehicle and car horns blaring. (Warning: it contains graphic language.) The video was picked up by CNN, The Weather Channel and numerous local TV outlets and news personalities across the country. "I can't help but think of the lesson we got today in how fragile life can be," Jon Meyer of WNEP-TV in Scranton posted on Facebook. "Now we know some people lost their lives. But we also saw in the videos some who were amazingly lucky to survive. These were just people riding down the highway, like many of us do every day, when suddenly it was a whiteout and horrors happened." Moye stated on his Facebook page that he was safe and that he helped to rescue two people. I-81 remained closed in both directions Tuesday between exits 107 and 119 as the search for victims continued. The cause of the crash has not been determined. Be the first to know what's happening in your community and region. With a free Patch subscription, you'll always be up to date on local and state news: https://patch.com/subscribe.