Pipe punctures car's gas tank
SCRANTON - A metal pipe lying on Interstate 81 southbound punctured the gas tank of a passing car Tuesday, causing a spill that brought out city firefighters to clean up, state police said.
Dianne Benedict, 61, was driving south on I-81 when she ran over a metal pipe in the right lane with her Volkswagen Passat at about 8:35 a.m., state police said.