A fatal accident on Route 222 in Maidencreek Township closed down the highway for eight hours on Monday.

Northern Berks Regional Police were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash with injuries and entrapment on Route 222 southbound, about 2/10 mile north of Pleasant Hill Road in Maidencreek Township at about 6:35 a.m. on Oct. 22.

Arriving emergency services units found a five-vehicle crash involving two commercial vehicles (truck tractor with semi-trailer), a pick up truck, a sport utility vehicle and a mid-size four door Sedan.