2-vehicle crash blocks road in York County
2-vehicle crash blocks road in York County
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HARRISBURG, LANCASTER, YORK AND LEBANON. GOOD MORNING. IT’S 6:00. I’M MATT BARCARO I’M CAITLIN SMITH. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE FOLLOWING ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THIS MORNING. NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES IS REPORTING IN LANCASTER COUNTY WITH HOW THOSE NEW TARIFFS ON STEEL AND ALUMINUM COULD IMPACT THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY RECYCLING COMPANY. NEWS EIGHT’S JACKIE DEFUSCO IS IN WASHINGTON REPORTING ON THE LIKELIHOOD OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WITH FEDERAL FUNDING SET TO RUN OUT TOMORROW NIGHT. ALSO TAKING A LIVE LOOK OVER THE CLOUDY SKIES IN HARRISBURG, AS WE SAY. GOOD MORNING TO DAUPHIN COUNTY AND THE WEST SHORE. THERE IN THE DISTANCE, CHECKING IN WITH METEOROLOGIST MIKE SUSKO ON HOW LONG THESE CLOUDS COULD LAST AND WHAT OUR HIGHS TODAY. YEAH, I THINK WE’RE HIGH TODAY IS GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. JUST A BIT COOLER. WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S TODAY. AND THE CLOUDS WILL THIN OUT AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. HOPEFULLY THEY’LL STAY AWAY TONIGHT. THAT’S GOING TO BE THE BIG THING. BUT HERE’S A LOOK AT WHAT WE’RE TRACKING. SOME CLOUDS TO END THE WORKWEEK. THEN WEEKEND RAIN AND STORM CHANCES, PARTICULARLY ON SUNDAY. THAT IS THE DAY WHERE WE COULD SEE SOME STRONG STORMS AND WE HAVE MADE AN IMPACT DAY. IT WILL BE SEASONABLE FOR THE START OF SPRING AS WELL. YOU’RE LOOKING OUTSIDE LEBANON RIGHT NOW. A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY IN THE CITY AND CURRENT TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOW 40S. IT’S 41 IN HARRISBURG AND YORK. LEBANON, YOU’RE AT 34 AND 36 CURRENTLY IN LEWISTOWN. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK, THOUGH, YOU CAN SEE THOSE CLOUDS FILLING IN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA SOUTH OF THE TURNPIKE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SO WE DO EXPECT THOSE AND THOSE CLOUDS TO STICK AROUND FOR THE MORNING. A LITTLE MORE SUNSHINE, THOUGH, AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY TODAY, BUT OVERALL, NOT TOO BAD WEATHER WISE. ALTHOUGH THIS WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY SUNDAY, THAT IS WHEN WE COULD BE SEEING THOSE STRONG STORMS REGINA. SO HOPEFULLY NOT TOO MANY ISSUES. WEATHER RELATED, AT LEAST OVER THE WEEKEND. SOMETHING TO WATCH OUT FOR AND DEFINITELY PREPARE FOR. BUT AS LONG AS TODAY YOU’RE SAYING IT’S SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY WASN’T TOO BAD. I REALLY ENJOYED IT BEING A LITTLE BIT COOLER. YEAH, YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS SOME FOLKS ARE NOT READY FOR THE SUMMER. LIKE WEATHER. I’M LIKE, HEY, GIVE ME THE 70S AND 80S. LET’S GO. LET’S GET RIGHT INTO IT. YEAH. IF YOU DON’T LIKE THAT SUDDEN JUMP, THOUGH, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE 50S AND 60S ARE GOOD I LOVE THAT. ALL RIGHT MIKE, THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. HAPPY THURSDAY TO YOU. 602 ON THE CLOCK. AND HERE’S A LIVE PICTURE ALONG ROUTE 11 HARRISBURG PIKE AT INTERSTATE 81 IN MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY. IT’S BEEN PRETTY BUSY THERE ALONG HARRISBURG PIKE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, AND NO ISSUES THOUGH, SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS. AND ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY IT IS LOOKING GOOD AS WELL. WANTED TO SHOW YOU SO MANY OF THE COUNTIES ARE LOOKING GREAT, BUT WE DO WANT TO FOLLOW ON THIS ONE INCIDENT IN YORK COUNTY. THIS IS CONEWAGO TOWNSHIP THERE ON ROUTE NINE, 21 CANAL ROAD AT GREENBRIAR DRIVE. YOU CAN SEE IN YELLOW TRAFFIC IS SLOWING DOWN A BIT AND PENNDOT CAMERA OVER LANCASTER COUNTY LOOKING GREAT. NO ISSUES AS WELL. ROUTE 30 AT 283. LOOKING GOOD. JUST A COUPLE OF CARS THAT I’M SEEING FROM OUR PENNDOT CAMERA AND DRIVE TIMES FOR YOU. HEADED IN LANCASTER COUNTY, COLUMBIA TO LANCASTER. NINE MINUTES THERE ON 30 EASTBOUND IF YOU’RE HEADED TO LANCASTER FROM E TOWN. 20 MINUTE DRIVE THERE, JUST UNDER A 20 MINUTE DRIVE IN YORK TO SHREWSBURY. 13 MINUTES THERE. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER CHECK IN TRAFFIC AND TALK ABOUT SOME PROJECTS HAPPENING TODAY IN ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES. THIS MORNING WE HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE WARS, ALL THE TARIFFS GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ALLIES AND THE U.S., AND THE IMPACT THOSE TARIFFS COULD HAVE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, PARTICULARLY THIS MORNING. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE TARIFFS ON GLOBAL STEEL AND ALUMINUM THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP RAISED TO 25%. NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES IS JOINING US LIVE FROM CORALVILLE, LANCASTER COUNTY WITH HOW THIS COULD IMPACT A RECYCLING CENTER THERE. JAKE, GOOD MORNING, MATT AND CAITLIN. GOOD MORNING. YEAH. HERE AT FULL CIRCLE RECYCLING YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE WORK THAT’S HAPPENING OVER THERE THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING. THEY’RE SORTING THROUGH AN ALUMINUM PILE AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF ALUMINUM GETS DROPPED OFF HERE. SO WINDOWSILLS, LADDERS THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND I DO HAVE ISAAC GRIMM JOINING ME THIS MORNING. HEY, ISAAC, HOW DO YOU GUYS TURN THIS STUFF INTO PROFIT? FIRST OF ALL? YEAH. SO PRODUCTS LIKE ALUMINUM, WE ACTUALLY SHIP TO OUR PRINCE STREET FACILITY WHERE WE CREATE LARGE BALES OUT OF IT, AND THEY GO DIRECTLY TO A MILL TO BE MELTED DOWN. AND FROM THERE IS MADE INTO NEW PRODUCT. YEAH. SO THAT STUFF THAT IS BEING SORTED THROUGH RIGHT NOW WILL SOON BE MORE EXPENSIVE. GETTING IMPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES. BUT YOU ACTUALLY SEE THAT THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR YOUR BUSINESS. WHY IS THAT? YEAH, WE’RE LUCKY TO BE IN THE POSITION THAT AS PRICES GO UP FOR SCRAP METAL, WE DO BENEFIT BECAUSE WE CAN INCREASE OUR PRICES AND MARGINS, EXPAND A LITTLE BIT. WE HAD A TOUGH YEAR LAST YEAR. PRICES WERE DOWN, MARGINS WERE A LITTLE TIGHTER. BUT WE’RE LUCKY TO SEE PRICES GO UP A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH ISAAC. AND EVERY YEAR OUT OF THE THREE LOCATIONS THAT FULL CIRCLE RECYCLING HAS HERE IN LANCASTER COUNTY, THEY GET TENS OF MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF METALS THAT ARE DROPPED OFF. REPORTING LIVE IN CORALVILLE, JAKE REYES, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. COULD HELP RECYCLERS, BUT JAKE WAS JUST REPORTING YESTERDAY HOW IT COULD. THE TARIFFS COULD HURT FARMERS. SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON YOUR INDUSTRY, THE PROS AND CONS. ALL RIGHT. A BUSY MORNING ALREADY THERE AT THE RECYCLING CENTER. JAKE. THANK YOU. CONGRESS IS GETTING CLOSER TO THAT DEADLINE TO PREVENT A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. BUT A REPUBLICAN SPENDING BILL IS HITTING ROADBLOCKS IN THE SENATE. NEWS EIGHT’S JACKIE DEFUSCO REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON. WITH LESS THAN 48 HOURS LEFT. NOW FOR LAWMAKERS TO FIGURE THIS OUT. JACKIE. MATT. CAITLIN. THE SENATE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY NEEDS TO WIN SUPPORT FROM SEVERAL DEMOCRATS TO OVERCOME A KEY PROCEDURAL HURDLE AND ULTIMATELY TO PREVENT A POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BEFORE FRIDAY’S MIDNIGHT DEADLINE. BUT NOW, SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER SAYS THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN, FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE A BIPARTISAN EFFORT. BUT REPUBLICANS CHOSE A PARTIZAN PATH, DRAFTING THEIR CONTINUING RESOLUTION WITHOUT ANY INPUT, ANY INPUT FROM CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS. THAT PROPOSAL, PASSED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS ON TUESDAY, FUNDS FEDERAL AGENCIES THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AND INCREASES DEFENSE SPENDING, WHILE TRIMMING IN OTHER AREAS. SOME DEMOCRATS SAY IT GIVES PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOO MUCH DISCRETION OVER SPENDING, AS THE ADMINISTRATION DIRECTS SWEEPING CUTS ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SCHUMER SAYS DEMOCRATS ARE NOW GOING TO PUSH FOR AN ALTERNATIVE BILL THAT WOULD KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPEN UNTIL APRIL 11TH AND GIVE CONGRESS MORE TIME FOR BIPARTISAN TALKS. BUT AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF HIS PARTY, SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN, SAYS THE MOVE IS TOO RISKY. THIS CLOSE TO A POTENTIAL SHUTDOWN, IF YOU SHUT IT DOWN, YOU WILL IMPACT AND HURT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, AND YOU RUN THE RISK OF SLIPPING US INTO A RECESSION. IN A LATE NIGHT TWEET, HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON STOOD BY THE ORIGINAL REPUBLICAN PLAN AND ACCUSED SENATE DEMOCRATS OF TRYING TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT. IN WASHINGTON, I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THIS MORNING IN COMMITMENT 2025 COVERAGE, WE ARE JUST ABOUT TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS THAT WILL HELP VOTERS DECIDE WHO WILL LEAD CITIES IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, WITH THE DEADLINE TO FILE FOR OFFICE FOR THAT MAY 20TH. PRIMARY. OVER. NOW WE’RE GETTING A LOOK AT HOW THOSE RACES ARE SHAPING UP. AND IT COULD BE A VERY COMPETITIVE YEAR FOR A LOT OF CANDIDATES. SEEMS THAT WAY ON THE BALLOTS. LET’S START IN HARRISBURG, WHERE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS THERE WILL FIND THEMSELVES LOOKING AT A CROWDED FIELD IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR MAYOR. HARRISBURG MAYOR WANDA WILLIAMS IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION, FACING CHALLENGERS INCLUDING CITY COUNCILMAN LAMONT JONES, CITY TREASURER DAN MILLER, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST TONY COOK, AND FORMER MAYORAL CANDIDATE LOUIS --. IN LANCASTER, VOTERS WILL DECIDE BETWEEN TWO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES IN THE PRIMARY. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS JAMIE ARROYO AND JANET DIAZ ARE RUNNING TO SUCCEED CURRENT MAYOR DENEEN SRIRACHA, WHO IS NOT RUNNING. DEMOCRATS IN YORK WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN INCUMBENT MAYOR MICHAEL HELFRICH AND FORMER CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SANDY WALKER. IN LEBANON CITY. VOTERS WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT ANOTHER CROWDED FIELD. REPUBLICAN MAYOR SHERRY CAPELLO IS FACING PRIMARY CHALLENGERS SCOTT CHURCH AND DAMIEN VARGAS AND SHARON ZOOK IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. CESAR LIRIANO IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED IN THE PRIMARY AS A DEMOCRAT. THAT BALLOT, THOUGH NOT YET FINALIZED, NOMINATING PETITIONS CAN BE CHALLENGED THROUGH TUESDAY, AND CANDIDATES HAVE UNTIL THE 26TH TO REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE BALLOT AND BEFORE THE PRIMARY. A REMINDER IF YOU LIVE IN LANCASTER COUNTY’S 36TH DISTRICT, THERE’S A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR YOU IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. THREE MEN ARE RUNNING TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF FORMER STATE SENATOR RYAN ALMOND, WHO WENT TO WORK FOR U.S. SENATOR DAVE MCCORMICK. THE CANDIDATES ARE DEMOCRAT JAMES MALONEY. HE’S THE MAYOR OF EAST PETERSBURG, REPUBLICAN JOSH PARSON, WHO IS A CURRENT COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AND LIBERTARIAN ZACHARY MOORE. THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THIS SEAT IS TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH. A STATE LAWMAKER IS CALLING FOR A YORK COUNTY COMMON PLEAS JUDGE TO BE IMPEACHED. REPRESENTATIVE SETH GROVE SAYS HE’S GOING TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION AGAINST JUDGE STEVEN STAMBAUGH. A FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTED STAMBAUGH ON CHARGES OF WIRE AND MAIL FRAUD IN OCTOBER. THE U-S ATTORNEY SAYS STAMBAUGH TOLD HIS EMPLOYEES TO FILE AND COLLECT UNEMPLOYMENT DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME REQUIRING THEM TO WORK FOR STAMBAUGH LAW, WHICH IS HIS PRIVATE LAW FIRM. STAMBAUGH IS SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY. NEW THIS MORNING IN LEBANON COUNTY, THE NEVERSINK FIRE COMPANY SAYS THE HOME THAT BURNED YESTERDAY ON WALNUT STREET IN NORTH CORNWALL TOWNSHIP IS THE FIRE COMPANY PRESIDENT’S HOUSE. WE TOLD YOU THE HOUSE IS ALSO DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FIRE COMPANY. IN A FACEBOOK POST OVERNIGHT, THE COMPANY SAYS THE PRESIDENT WAS A FORMER FIRE CHIEF OF THAT COMPANY WHO SPENT YEARS SERVING THE COMMUNITY. IT’S TEN AFTER SIX. IN LANCASTER COUNTY, THE CORONER’S OFFICE IS STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT HOW A BABY DIED AFTER SUSQUEHANNA REGIONAL POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THAT BABY BURIED IN A BOX IN THE BACKYARD OF A HOME ON VILLAGE SQUARE DRIVE IN EAST DONEGAL TOWNSHIP. A RESIDENT SAYS OFFICERS WERE OUTSIDE OF THAT HOME AND IN THE BACKYARD FOR HOURS LAST THURSDAY. POLICE BELIEVE THE REMAINS MAY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. HERE YOU SEE VIDEO OF THE POLICE ON THE SCENE THERE. THE CORONER DETERMINED THE BABY DIED FROM EXTREME PREMATURITY PRIOR TO VIABILITY. SO THAT MEANS THE BABY LIKELY COULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED OUTSIDE OF THE MOTHER’S BODY. NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED. POLICE SAY THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. LANCASTER TOWNSHIP POLICE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP FINDING A MAN THEY SAY IS WANTED FOR A SHOOTING, NOEL ROBLES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE SHOOTERS IN WHAT POLICE SAY STARTED AS A DRUG DEAL THAT THEN TURNED INTO A ROBBERY ATTEMPT. THIS HAPPENED JANUARY 10TH AT THE GETTY MART ON MILLERSVILLE PIKE. YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS SHOOTING. POLICE SAY THREE VEHICLES DROVE INTO THE PARKING LOT FOR A DRUG DEAL. INVESTIGATORS THEN SAY A FIGHT STARTED WHEN ONE OF THE PEOPLE DECIDED TO ROB THE OTHER. THEN SHOTS WERE FIRED. THIS IS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT WAS FROM THE CONVENIENCE STORE. A 20 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO POLICE SAY WAS JUST AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD BY ONE OF THOSE BULLETS WHILE SHE WAS SITTING IN HER CAR. SHE SURVIVED. A SECOND WOMAN IS NOW FACING CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING ON WEST KING STREET IN YORK. 53 YEAR OLD TERRY DEACON IS FACING CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING ANOTHER PERSON. POLICE SAY SHE SHOT 33 YEAR OLD AUTUMN RIEHL IN THE SHOULDER ON MONDAY DURING A FIGHT. POLICE SAY DEACON THEN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HERSELF IN THE HAND. RIEL IS CHARGED AS WELL WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AFTER POLICE SAY SHE SPIT IN A PARAMEDIC’S FACE. NOW, AN UPDATE ON A STORY THAT’S GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION. A BIZARRE ONE FOR SURE. THE MYSTERY OF THE SO-CALLED BOX DEMON CAUGHT ON A NORTH YORK RESIDENT’S DOORBELL CAMERA THAT HAS NOW BEEN SOLVED. POLICE SAY THEY IDENTIFIED AND SPOKE TO THE PERSON WHO SHOWED UP AT A YORK COUNTY HOME WEARING THIS MASK. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED THE NAME OF THIS PERSON, THE POLICE SAY THE
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2-vehicle crash blocks road in York County
Two vehicles collided in York County on Thursday morning. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.The wreck happened on Cool Springs Road at Route 30 in Hellam Township around 7 a.m.The crash blocked a lane of traffic, causing slowdowns in the area. Fire police directed traffic through the scene. The crash has since cleared, and all lanes have reopened. No injuries have been reported at this time. For live traffic updates, click here. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
HELLAM TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
Two vehicles collided in York County on Thursday morning.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
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The wreck happened on Cool Springs Road at Route 30 in Hellam Township around 7 a.m.
The crash blocked a lane of traffic, causing slowdowns in the area. Fire police directed traffic through the scene.
The crash has since cleared, and all lanes have reopened.
No injuries have been reported at this time.
For live traffic updates, click here.
See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.