Man dead after being hit by three vehicles on I-83 in York County

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — UPDATE | More information about the fatal crash has been released.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, troopers responded to the multi-vehicle accident at 12:27 a.m. to find a man trapped under a van in the northbound lanes.

Police say that the man, identified as 41-year-old Joseph Biswa, was unconscious but breathing.

Upon further investigation, police found that Biswa had been in an accident with another vehicle that left his car unable to be driven and blocking the southbound lanes.

Police say Biswa got out of his vehicle.

He was standing outside when another car crashed into his car, leading Biswa's car to strike his body, launching him over the center median into the northbound lanes.

There, he was hit by a tractor trailer and a van.

Police say Biswa was taken to a local hospital where he died.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE | The southbound lanes of I-83 have reopened.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE | One person has died following an early morning crash on I-83.

PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler said the crash happened around 12:45 a.m. at mile marker 36.5 in the southbound lanes.

After the initial crash, one person got out of their car and was hit by another car.

The person was knocked into the northbound lanes of I-83, where they were run over by a tractor trailer.

Schreffler says the person was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The crash shut down all lanes of I-83 Monday morning.

Northbound lanes reopened at 4:30 a.m., Schreffler said.

Southbound lanes are still closed, and there's not word when they'll reopen.

Schreffler said there was low visibility at the time of the crash, but many details are still unknown.

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