Lower Saucon Township, PA – Truck Driver Hurt in Four-Vehicle I-78 Crash After Tractor-Trailer Crosses Median

Lower Saucon Township, PA (Oct. 26, 2026) – A truck driver was taken to a hospital with injuries after a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 78 in Lower Saucon, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

Trooper Nathan Branosky, public information officer with State Police’s Troop M, said troopers responded around 9 p.m. to mile marker 64.5. Police said a tractor-trailer driver heading east crossed the center median and struck a tractor-trailer head-on in the westbound lanes.

Another tractor-trailer heading westbound then crashed into the tractor-trailer that had crossed the median, according to police. Cargo spilled onto the highway, and Branosky said the rig was carrying cranberry juice. A fourth vehicle, a transit van, was also hit.

Investigators shut down the westbound lanes, and the highway reopened by 5:15 a.m. on October 27, Branosky said. The driver who crossed the median was taken to a hospital, and his condition was not immediately available. State Police’s Troop M Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program Unit is assisting with the investigation.

This is a developing story. Details may change as the investigation continues.

Trucking Company Liability After a Tractor-Trailer Crash on I-78 in Pennsylvania

When a commercial truck is involved, responsibility can reach well beyond the person behind the wheel. Depending on what investigators find, the driver, the trucking company, a cargo loader, or a maintenance contractor may share liability.

Evidence in trucking cases can disappear quickly. A truck’s electronic control module records speed and braking. Federal rules limit a driver to 11 hours of driving after 10 consecutive hours off duty (49 C.F.R. 395.3), and logs, inspection reports, and maintenance records show whether those rules were followed.

• Who may be liable: the truck driver, the motor carrier, the company that loaded the cargo, and any company that maintained the rig. The cause of this crash has not been determined.
• Shared fault: Pennsylvania uses modified comparative negligence, so an injured person can recover unless they are more than 50% at fault, and any award is reduced by their share (42 Pa.C.S. 7102).
• Filing deadline: generally two years from the crash, which for an October 26, 2026 crash is October 26, 2028 (42 Pa.C.S. 5524).
• Insurance: Pennsylvania auto policies carry at least $5,000 in first-party medical benefits (75 Pa.C.S. 1711), and a lawyer will check whether limited tort or full tort applies (75 Pa.C.S. 1705).

Contact Our Pennsylvania Tractor-Trailer Accident Attorneys

Scartelli Olszewski, P.C. has represented injured people across Northeastern Pennsylvania since 2001. Our tractor-trailer accident attorneys treat a trucking case as a records case from the first day.

We move early to preserve electronic control module data and driver logs. We take the calls from the carrier’s insurer, so you do not have to. We bring in reconstruction and trucking safety experts when the facts call for them, and we try the case when an insurer will not make a fair offer.

Our Wilkes-Barre office at 7 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 is the closer of our two offices to the Lehigh Valley. Call 570-346-2600 now.