A serious crash closed Route 1 northbound in Middletown and sent several people to the hospital Saturday
The crash happened between Maple Avenue and I-95 around 4:15 p.m. and involved four vehicles.
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Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company Chief Frank Farry said firefighters rapidly extricated a woman trapped in the passenger seat of a mangled blue car. She was freed and rushed by the Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad to St. Mary Medical Center.
Several other people were taken to area hospitals by the Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad after the crash, Farry said.
Middletown police were investigating the wreck and the northbound lanes remained closed as of 7 p.m.
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Falls Township, Fairless Hills, Parkland and Penndel firefighters assisted Langhorne-Middletown crews at the scene.
Farry said firefighters also assisted at a crash on Route 1 closer to Langhorne Borough a short time later and on a medical call along I-95 within an hour or two of the serious wreck.
