Route 322 shut down for at least 5 hours due to fatal head-on collision

Centre and Mifflin county rescue crews shut down U.S. Route 322/General Potter Highway at about 7 p.m.-midnight Wednesday on the Seven Mountains as they respond to a fatal crash.

One woman died in the crash between a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer, according to 911 dispatch. She was entrapped underneath the dashboard of her vehicle, “unconscious, unmoving,” when rescuers arrived.

According to state police at Rockview, the pickup truck was traveling east on Route 322 when it crossed over the double line into oncoming traffic in an attempt to pass a tractor-trailer. Another tractor-trailer was traveling westbound at about 35 mph when the pickup came over into its lane and the two vehicles crashed head-on.

The female driver of the pickup truck was pronounced dead on the scene. The names of both drivers are withheld pending proper notification, according to police.

Both directions of 322 were closed between state Route 144 and Krise Valley Road for about five hours, according to PennDOT. Traffic was at a standstill and backed up all the way to Boalsburg on the Centre County side, fire police confirmed.

Centre Hall Fire Company, Boalsburg fire police, Mifflin County EMA, the Centre County coroner and John Tennis Towing also responded.

This story was originally published October 24, 2018 at 7:45 PM.