Temple women's gymnastics team stuck hours on Pa. Turnpike

Saturday, January 23, 2016
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The Temple University women's gymnastics team has spent hours stuck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

The Temple University women's gymnastics team has spent hours stuck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

The team has been in the same spot at Mile Marker 140.

They say, fortunately they have a bathroom, and television on the bus. They have been able to watch some Disney movies.

There are 14 gymnasts, 3 coaches, 1 athletic director and of course the bus driver waiting to move.

The team was heading to the University of Pittsburgh for a meet.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Remains closed at this hour in the western Portion of the state between Mile Marker 110 in Somerset, Pennsylvania and Mile Marker 146 in Bedford, Pennsylvania.

WTAE is reporting that some drivers have been stuck on the road for at least 16 hours.

There is at least one line of stuck cars, according to WTAE's reporter, that stretches for 7 miles.