UPDATE: Route 22 West reopens nearly 9 hours after wreck involving high-end sports car, truck

A two-vehicle rear-end crash about 3:30 a.m. Thursday led to a woman being ejected from a high-end sports car and shut Route 22 West for hours at the Airport Road interchange in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania State Police report.

The 30-year-old woman from Allentown was a passenger in a 2018 McLaren 720S driven by a 40-year-old man from North Whitehall Township, police said. The car struck the rear of a 2010 GMC box truck driven in the left lane by a 56-year-old Lansdowne, Pennsylvania man, police said.

The woman was driven by Northampton Regional EMS to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury Township for treatment of her injuries, police said.

State police earlier said via Twitter that the injuries were major and significant traffic delays were expected.

Multiple vehicle Crash with major injuries State Route 22 Westbound, all traffic being detoured onto Airport Road, Hanover Twp., Lehigh Co. Expect major delays, Accident Recon Team on scene. — Troop M - CSO/PIO Office (@PSPTroopMPIO) September 19, 2019

The driver of the McLaren suffered minor injuries and the truck driver wasn’t hurt, police said,

A crash reconstruction was underway at 5:40 a.m. by the Troop M Collision Analysis Reconstruction Specialist Unit and it was uncertain when the heavily traveled road would reopen, police said. The unit will look at factors such as speed in coming to conclusions about the wreck. No details were available as of 7:45 a.m. to indicate what led to the crash, a trooper said.

The truck was not stopped for traffic at the time of the impact, police said.

Police couldn’t immediately say if seat belts were used.

Westbound vehicles were being taken off at Airport Road and detoured eventually back onto the highway.

“Troopers are aware of the challenges this is causing motorists and working as quickly as possible to reopen the highway,” a public information officer from Troop M said just after 10:15 a.m. “It’s a large crash scene with debris and evidence throughout the highway.”

That model McLaren is valued at just less than $300,000.

Pennsylvania State Police conduct a crash reconstruction on Sept. 19, 2019, on Route 22 West after they said a McLaren slammed into the rear of a box truck about 3:30 a.m. at the Airport Road interchange in Hanover Township, Lehigh County.PennDOT traffic camera

Han-Le Co Fire Department was assisting with traffic control, police said.

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