CUMBERLAND — Speed was a likely factor in a tractor-trailer crash that closed a section of Interstate 68 East for about seven hours late Saturday and early Sunday.
Cumberland Police said the truck driver, Kumar Mohit, 25, of Roseville, California, was pulled from the wreckage and taken to UPMC Western Maryland with non-life threatening injuries.
The crash happened about 11:59 p.m. Saturday when the 2021 Freightliner truck and trailer overturned on the Crosstown Bridge. The east lanes were closed from LaVale to Cumberland to allow for cleanup.
Cumberland Police was assisted on scene by the Cumberland Fire Department, Bedford Road Volunteer Fire Department, Allegany County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State Police and State Highway Administration.