UPDATE 8/25: A pedestrian was killed in a crash Thursday night that shut down a portion of I-83 in Dauphin County for hours.

Shakisha Thompson, 48, of Harrisburg was identified as the person who was killed, and an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 29, according to Dauphin County officials.

Original story is below

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– Part of I-83 was shut down in Dauphin County for a deadly crash Thursday night, according to PennDOT.

Details of the crash are still limited but the entire length of South Bridge northbound was closed but is now back open, according to an email from PennDOT.

The coroner was called to the crash and there is one person dead, PennDOT confirmed.

There was no word on the number of vehicles involved and Pennsylvania State Police are handling the crash.

This is a developing story, stick with abc27 News as we will update it as information is released to us.