Suspicious item on exit to Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County leads to investigation

For nearly nine hours on Thursday, Pennsylvania State Police closed off the Route 30 westbound ramp to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in North Huntingdon to investigate a suspicious item.

If you drove on Route 30 in North Huntington on Thursday, you likely saw multiple unmarked vehicles and state police cruisers on the ramp conducting an investigation.

Pennsylvania State Police closed off the Route 30 westbound ramp to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in North Huntingdon to investigate a suspicious item on Aug. 14, 2025. Credit: KDKA

Troopers out of Greensburg said at around 7 a.m., someone came across a suspicious item in a broken box along the road entering the Turnpike ramp. They sent the item to a lab for testing, and out of precaution, police secured the area. Troopers on scene told KDKA th