Update: 11 Hospitalized in 5-Vehicle Expressway Accident

Update 12:40 p.m.: James McCoy, deputy fire marshal for Lower Merion, told Patch that emergency crews on the scene reported 11 people were taken to area hospitals for treatment.

None of the injuries were thought to be life-threatening, McCoy said, though patient identities and conditions were not immediately available.

Five vehicles were involved, including a SEPTA bus, McCoy said. Narberth and Lafayette ambulance squads and Gladwyne and Belmont Hills fire companies responded to the scene.

Update 10:35 a.m.: PennDOT reports the accident has been cleared.

10:15 a.m.: A multi-vehicle accident Wednesday morning on the Schuylkill Expressway in Lower Merion injured several people, the Gladwyne Fire Company reported, and it has slowed traffic in both directions.

The scene was on the westbound side of the highway around the Gladwyne exit. Several ambulances, fire trucks and police cars were at the scene, as was a SEPTA bus and other vehicles.

One lane of westbound traffic was squeezing past about 10 a.m., while an eastbound gaper delay had traffic crawling about 10 mph.

The number and extent of the injuries was not immediately known. Check back with Patch throughout the morning and afternoon for more information as it becomes available.

SEPTA bus routes 124 and 125 switched to local routing to avoid the accident.