Syracuse, NY : Multi-car Plattsburgh collision on July, Friday 28th 2017

A highway in the northernmost part of New York near the Adirondacks is back open in both directions after a large crash shut down portions of the roadway.

Interstate 87 in Plattsburgh, also known as the Northway, reopened at 10:45 p.m. Friday, according to the Department of Transportation.

The road was closed for more than six hours after a multi-vehicle crash closed the southbound lanes from Exit 36 to Exit 37 just before 4 p.m. Friday. Traffic was reduced to one lane headed north.

Officials arrived at the scene and found vehicles disabled in the median, in the roadway, and off the shoulder of the southbound lane, State Police Capt. Robert LaFountain told the Press Republican.

It is unclear how many vehicles were involved, but state police said three people were taken to the University of Vermont Health Network at the Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh for treatment.




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Multi-car Plattsburgh collision kept highway closed for over 6 hours