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Source: York Daily Record, Pa.self storageSept. 27--State police are continuing to investigate the crash that involved 10 vehicles -- four tractor-trailers, five cars and a tow truck -- Thursday afternoon on Interstate 83.Update Friday: The crash, which closed the interstate for hours and snarled traffic well into the evening, occurred when the driver of a tractor-trailer rear-ended a car and sparked the chain-reaction crash.Seven people were injured, none seriously, police said. The worst of the injuries, police said, was one man who suffered cuts on his face and head."We had troopers on the scene -- troopers with 15, 20 years -- say that it was amazing that there was no loss of life," said Lt. Fred Hess, commander of the York Barracks. "Some of the cars were crushed to the point where there was very little survival space inside the vehicles."Original reportChester Teats of Newville, Pa. was driving slow on Interstate 83 North Thursday afternoon when he heard a bang and a car struck his tractor-trailer in the side.He said he saw two trucks flying down the highway and cars being tossed around like matchsticks.A total of 10 vehicles -- four tractor-trailers, five cars and one tow truck, which was hauling two vehicles -- were involved in the pileup near the Glen Rock exit (Exit 8), said Trooper Robert Hicks, a state police spokesman. Seven people were taken to York Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. and closed all lanes of the highway for hours. The northbound side was opened at 8:16 p.m. Traffic was snarled through the evening."I've never seen anything like it," Teats said while standing along the highway as troopers investigated. "I'm just glad that nobody was seriously hurt."The mangled wreck included a rig pointing upward in the air and a car dangling on the median. Some of the cars looked like they mini storagead gone through a crusher, Teats said.David Hines, manager of Bermans Towing Inc. in Baltimore, received a call from his driver, who said a tractor-trailer hit his rollback and knocked it over. The rollback was towing two vehicles.Hines said he heard an ambulance in the background and people asking the driver if he was OK. The driver was sore and was taken to the hospital, Hines said."He had his seatbelt on so that's the good thing," Hines said.The driver of a tractor-trailer traveling in the passing lane was unable to slow his vehicle and rear ended another vehicle, causing the chain-reaction crash that led to the pileup.Hazmat crews responded to contain diesel fuel and hydraulic fluids that leaked at the scene of the crash, Hicks said.The crash remains under investigation, state police said.The American Red Cross responded to the crash to provide refreshments, beverages and a place to rest for the more than 50 emergency responders who were working at the scene, according to a news release.Some drivers were stuck on the highway for more than an hour after the crash.Robert Hart Baker, music director laureate of the York Symphony Orchestra, said he was driving back from the Baltimore-Washington International Airport when he got stuck in the backlog.His vehicle was turned off, and he was working on his laptop."I'm working while the batteries still work," he said.Crews with the state Department of Transportation worked to get the vehicles caught in the backup turned around so they could get off the highway.Truck driver Jesse Horton of Gettysburg was closer to the scene of the crash."My prayers are with them. That's all I can say," he said. "The good Lord was looking out for them, I guess."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 York Daily Record (York, Pa.) Visit York Daily Record (York, Pa.) at .ydr.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉