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A man was struck and killed by a tractor trailer truck on Interstate 78 in Greenwich Township at 11:55 p.m. on Dec. 9.

Wilby Henriquez-Vazquez, 22, Harrisburg, had been outside his vehicle because of a previous crash when the tractor trailer truck jack-knifed.

State Police Hamburg report that as Pablo Silva, 26, Sarasota, Fla., was driving a 2016 Freightliner Cascadia in the left lane of I-78 eastbound in the area of mile marker 35.8, Greenwich Township, when he was unable to maintain control of his tractor trailer truck and the trailer began to jack-knife.

As a result, the truck struck the rear of a 1999 Honda Accord, which was parked on the shoulder after being disabled from a previous crash.

The tractor trailer truck then struck Wilby Henriquez-Vazquez, 22, Harrisburg, who was outside his vehicle, the Honda Accord.

The tractor trailer then struck the rear trailer of a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia, which was unoccupied at the time of the crash.

The tractor trailer then came to a stop blocking the left lane of I-78 east while the other tractor trailer truck partially blocked the right lane eastbound.