Port Matilda Fire Company chief Sam Connor told WJAC-TV that a 10-mile stretch of Route 322 eastbound between Port Matilda and Philipsburg was closed around 10:30 a.m.

“The tractor-trailer lost control coming down off the mountain and he took out a couple trees,” said Connor. “One of the trees had come across the road and took out some power wires.”

Allegheny Power crews kept neighbors at a distance due to safety concerns that the live wires had energized the guardrails they fell on.

Jack Zimmerman told WJAC-TV that he has lived near Route 322 for more than 15 years and has seen several serious accidents.

"It's a residential area essentially; the speed limit should be lower than 55 through here,” said Zimmerman. “The mountain, which is just behind us a quarter-mile, is really treacherous, curvy and icy. People wreck there all the time."

Authorities said that Kwame Adjei-Mensah of Riverdale, Georgia was rushed by ambulance to the hospital with minor injuries.

Troopers in Philipsburg told WJAC-TV that one lane of eastbound traffic was reopened on that stretch of Route 322 around 5:30pm and the accident scene was cleared by 8:00pm.