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A box truck and a sedan were involved in a crash on Route 13 in Falls Township Thursday afternoon.
Police, firefighters, fire police and medics were dispatch to northbound Route 13 between Tyburn and Lower Morrisville roads around 1 p.m. Thursday for an accident involving an overturned truck. The first authorities on the scene found the overturned box truck and a sedan that were involved in a crash in the northbound lanes, Sgt. Anthony Fanelli said.
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The driver and passenger in the box truck were transported to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and the driver of the sedan was unhurt, Fanelli said.
Accident investigators said the box truck struck the concrete median, causing it to roll onto its side.
Falls Fire Company Chief Mike McClellan said his crews assisted with the two people who were hurt and with clearing fuel leaking from the vehicles.
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The northbound lanes of Route 13 were closed in the area of the crash for several hours due to the wreck.
According to police, the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
