Woman injured in highway wreck
SCOTT TWP. - A part from a tractor-trailer in the middle of Interstate 81 set into motion a series of events that sent a Dalton woman to the hospital Thursday night, state police said.
A trailer wheel tandem came loose from a tractor-trailer driven by Joel Pannell of Endwell, N.Y., on I-81 north near the Waverly exit at 9:40 p.m. A 2006 Honda Accord driven by Tina Baranowksi struck the part.
Her car, which was severely damaged, came to rest on the left shoulder. And when Christina Budd, Liverpool, N.Y., swerved to miss the wheel assembly, her car struck Ms. Baranowski's driver's door.
Ms. Baranowksi was taken to Geisinger Community Medical Center with minor injuries. The left lane of I-81 was closed for an hour and a half, police said.