Slowdowns after two-vehicle crash (2024)

I’M DAVID DANIEL. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. ANOTHER DEADLY SHOOTING BY POLICE LEAVING A SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY MAN DEAD. HEAR WHAT NEIGHBORS WHO SAW THE SHOOTING SAY HAPPENED. PLUS, A RUNAWAY BUS WITH PASSING TEACHERS ON BOARD. HEAR WHAT POLICE SAY. STARTED THIS CHASE. PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE HAS A PLAN, STARTING NEXT YEAR TO MAKE THESE TOLL BOOTHS A THING OF THE PAST. ARE YOU STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET IN THIS ECONOMY? WILL HELP. IS ON THE WAY FROM UNITED WAY IN YORK. WE’LL TELL YOU WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. WE’RE GIVING YOU A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE, CHECKING OUT OUR LANCASTER SKYCAM AND THE SUN. STARTING YOUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M CAITLIN SMITH. I’M MATT BARCARO THE GLARE MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THERE’S TWO SUNS, BUT THERE’S JUST ONE SUN TODAY. DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT. IT’S GOING TO FEEL MAYBE LIKE TWO SUNS BY THE END OF THE WEEK. BUT JUST ONE UP THERE. REGINA IS HERE WITH OUR COMMUTE AND CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA HAS OUR FORECAST. ALL RIGHT. FORECAST TODAY IS YOUR LAST COMFY DAY, AT LEAST FOR A WHILE UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK. ANYWAY. WHEN HUMIDITY DROPS THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. BUT UNTIL THEN, ENJOY! TODAY WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL START FOR YOU. YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE IN OUR HARRISBURG SKYCAM. JUST SOME HIGH CLOUDS FLOATING ON BY CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG IS 56. WE HAVE 54. IN LANCASTER, STILL SOME 40S ON THE MAP. LEWISTOWN, SELINSGROVE, YORK. HANGING IN THERE IN THE UPPER 40S. IT IS A COOL START. 12 HOUR FORECAST TODAY. WE SHOULD GET TO ABOUT 80 DEGREES. LOW 80S IN SOME SPOTS. IT’S GOING TO BE A NICE ONE. WE’LL SEE SOME OF THOSE PASSING HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING. PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON. AND DEFINITELY A LOT OF SUNSHINE THIS EVENING. SO A BEAUTIFUL DAY SEASONABLE FOR JUNE ABOUT 82. TOMORROW GETS STICKIER. DEFINITELY HOTTER. WE’RE UP TO 90 TOMORROW. ALL RIGHT. GRAB A JACKET THIS MORNING. GET RID OF IT LATER TODAY. EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT. AND GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. HAPPY WEDNESDAY TWO. IT IS 601. HOPEFULLY YOUR MORNING IS OFF TO A GOOD START TODAY. WE DO HAVE A CRASH RIGHT NOW IN PENN TOWNSHIP LANCASTER COUNTY. IF YOU’RE HEADED THAT WAY JUST WATCH OUT FOR THAT. WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS ONE HERE ON PENN RUN ROAD AT INDIAN VILLAGE ROAD. THERE ALSO A HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS IN ADAMS COUNTY. THE BOX CULVERT PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THE DETOUR START TOMORROW. SO IF YOU’RE PLANNING AHEAD FOR THAT, WE DO HAVE INFORMATION FOR YOU. I WILL, I’LL HAVE THIS ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE TOO THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT AS WELL. LOOKING FROM OUR PENNDOT CAMERA OVER YORK COUNTY LOOKING GOOD THERE YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC FLOWING NICELY IN THE AREA. AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU. 30 WESTBOUND RIGHT NOW LANCASTER TO COLUMBIA. THAT’S A NINE MINUTE DRIVE. IF YOU’RE HEADING TO YORK. THAT’S A 12 MINUTE DRIVE. AND IF YOU’RE GOING FROM LANCASTER TO YORK, THAT’S A 22 MINUTE DRIVE ON 30 WESTBOUND. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER CHECK FOR YOU COMING UP IN EIGHT MINUTES. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT RIGHT NOW. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER POLICE SHOT AND KILLED A MAN IN MIFFLIN COUNTY. THIS HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT WHEN OFFICERS INITIALLY RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR SHOTS FIRED. THAT WAS ON WEST FOURTH STREET IN LEWISTOWN. WHEN OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND 29 YEAR OLD RICH RHODES, POLICE SAY THEY SHOT RHODES. HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. NEIGHBORS SAY THE MAN HAD A GUN AND WAS FIRING AT POLICE MULTIPLE TIMES. IT COULD HAVE WENT DOWN PRETTY HARD. I MEAN, THEY DID WHAT THEY HAD TO DO TO PROTECT EVERYBODY, BUT HE SHOULD HAVE JUST LISTENED TO THE COPS AND DID WHAT THE COPS TOLD HIM TO DO. THIS WOULD’VE NEVER HAPPENED. THE MIFFLIN COUNTY DA’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE OFFICER’S USE OF FORCE. THE DAUPHIN COUNTY DA, MEANWHILE, IS INVESTIGATING WHAT LED UP TO A HARRISBURG POLICE OFFICER SHOOTING AND KILLING A MAN. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SUNDAY, ALONG SOUTH STREET. A HARRISBURG POLICE OFFICER AND CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER WITH A K-9 SAY THEY HEARD GUNSHOTS AND FOUND 22 YEAR OLD KENDRELL HALL TRYING TO LEAVE THE AREA. POLICE SAY HALL SHOT FIRST, THEN OFFICERS FIRED BACK, KILLING HIM. THE OFFICERS WERE NOT SHOT, BUT THE K-9 OFFICER WAS AND WE HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM AND AN UPDATE. THIS IS REX. HE WAS SHOT IN HIS RIGHT SIDE. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT HE IS DOING BETTER. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE VET IN NORRISTOWN WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND THEN DISCHARGED TO HIS HANDLER. HE WAS THEN GIVEN A POLICE ESCORT HOME WHERE HE IS NOW RECOVERING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER AN EXPLOSION AT A MANUFACTURING PLANT THAT HURT THREE PEOPLE. THAT BLAST HAPPENED AROUND 730 AT JOHNSON CONTROLS IN WAYNESBORO. 13 FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO THAT SCENE. THREE WORKERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. ONE OF THEM WAS TAKEN TO A BURN CENTER IN MARYLAND. PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY SAY THEY HEARD SIRENS AND ALSO A CALL TO EVACUATE THAT PLANT. THEY WORK WITH VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND I REALLY AM JUST THINKING ABOUT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES RIGHT NOW. JOHNSON CONTROLS SAYS IT TEMPORARILY CLOSED THE FACILITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER RESOURCES TO EMPLOYEES. OSHA HAS BEEN CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION. NEW THIS MORNING, THE YORK COUNTY CORONER SAYS A MAN HAS DIED MORE THAN THREE DECADES AFTER HE WAS ASSAULTED AND LEFT WITH TRAUMATIC INJURIES. THE CORONER SAYS IT WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE DEATH OF 64 YEAR OLD CRAIG SHOOTI LAST WEDNESDAY. THE CORONER SAYS HE DIED AT THE INNERS CREEK NURSING CENTER IN DALLASTOWN, WHERE HE WAS RECEIVING CARE. THE CORONER SAYS SHOOTI WAS THE VICTIM OF AN ASSAULT 38 YEARS AGO, WHEN HE WAS 26 YEARS OLD. THEY SAY HE WAS ATTACKED WITH A BASEBALL BAT IN YORK CITY AND LEFT WITH A PERMANENT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. THE CORONER SAYS POLICE WERE NEVER ABLE TO FIND WHO ATTACKED HIM, BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT IT WAS A MISTAKEN A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY THAT LED TO THE ATTACK. THE CORONER HAS RULED HIS DEATH A HOMICIDE, ALTHOUGH NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. NEW THIS MORNING FROM ATLANTA, ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN HIJACKED A BUS AND THEN LED POLICE ON A CHASE. TAKE A LOOK. POLICE SAY THAT CHASE STARTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A REPORT OF GUNFIRE ON THAT BUS IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA. WHEN OFFICERS GOT THERE, THEY SAY THAT BUS PULLED AWAY FROM THEM AND THEN LED THEM ON THIS CHASE FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES. OFFICERS SAY 17 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD, INCLUDING ONE WOMAN WHO CALLED HER HUSBAND. SHE CALLED ME, UH, I’LL SIT AT MY DESK WORKING AND TOLD ME THAT A GUY, ONE GUY, HAD SHOT ANOTHER GUY ON THE BUS, AND I TOLD HER, PUT THE PHONE DOWN BECAUSE I WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIM SEEING HER. WELL, YOU COULD SEE IN THAT VIDEO THE BUS WAS SWERVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. IT ACTUALLY HIT SEVERAL VEHICLES AND AT ONE POINT WAS EVEN DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CHASE FINALLY ENDED WHEN THE BUS CAME TO A STOP IN AN ATLANTA SUBURB. THAT’S WHERE POLICE ARRESTED THE SUSPECT. THEY SAY THEY ALSO FOUND ONE PERSON WHO WAS SHOT ON THAT BUS. THAT PERSON DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. DRIVERS ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE KNOW THAT YOU. SOON YOU WON’T HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO GET THROUGH THE TOLLS, BECAUSE CHANGES ARE COMING TO THE TOLLING SYSTEM COULD KEEP GOING RIGHT ON YOUR WAY. NEWS EIGHT’S J. SCOTT SMITH IS LIVE IN LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP IN DAUPHIN COUNTY TO TELL US HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK. JAY, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. AND IF YOU’VE DRIVEN ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE AT ANY POINT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU’VE LIKELY ALREADY NOTICED THE CHANGES. IT’S THE CASHLESS, FREE FLOWING WAY TO GET THROUGH THOSE. WHAT WILL SOON BE TOLL BOOTHS THAT WILL ARE GOING TO BE EXTINCT BECAUSE THEY’RE CALLING IT OPEN ROAD TOLLING. NOW. EXCUSE ME, THE OPEN ROAD TOLLING EXCUSE ME. AND OPEN ROAD TOLLING IS YOU’VE LIKELY SEEN IT’S ALONG THESE STRETCHES OF THE NEARLY 600 MILE LONG TURNPIKE THERE, THE TALL STRUCTURES THAT HAVE THE LIGHTS AND CAMERAS THAT YOU DRIVE UNDERNEATH AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MORE OF THEM HAS ALREADY BEGUN. MELISSA MARISSA URBANEK OF THE TURNPIKE COMMISSION SAYS THAT THIS SYSTEM IS ALSO GOING TO OFFER CONVENIENCE TO DRIVERS AND ALSO MAKES THINGS SAFER BY AVOIDING THOSE POSSIBLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN AT TOLL BOOTHS. THE OVERHEAD STRUCTURES THAT HAVE TECHNOLOGY ON THOSE STRUCTURES THAT CAPTURE LICENSE PLATES, AND E-ZPASS TRANSPONDERS. SO. SO CUSTOMERS DON’T HAVE TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN AT THE WHERE THEY GET ON AND OR OFF THE TURNPIKE. NOW, THE TURNPIKE COMMISSION SAYS THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE FOLLOWING THE CONVERSION TO CASHLESS TOLLING BACK IN 2020, THERE WAS ALREADY A 45% SYSTEMWIDE REDUCTION IN CO TWO EMISSIONS. THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO REDUCE THAT BY ANOTHER 7%. NOW REMEMBER, MOST OF IT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO NOTICE BECAUSE YOU’VE ALREADY GOT IT. IF YOU’VE GOT AN E-ZPASS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR IT WILL SIMPLY TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR LICENSE PLATE AND WILL SEND YOU A BILL IN THE MAIL. BUT ALSO KNOW YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS GOING INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. IT WON’T TAKE HOLD ACROSS THE TURNPIKE FULLY UNTIL 2027, AND LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP. HERE AT THE TURNPIKE, I’M J. SCOTT SMITH FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THANKS, JAY. COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE NOW PENNSYLVANIA’S ONLINE ABSENTEE AND MAIL IN BALLOT APPLICATION IS NOW LIVE FOR THE NOVEMBER 5TH GENERAL ELECTION. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR THAT IS OCTOBER 29TH. NOW, IF YOU DID APPLY ONLINE OR BY PAPER BEFORE THE PRIMARY ELECTION TO GET MAIL IN BALLOTS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, YOU DO NOT NEED TO FILL OUT A SECOND APPLICATION. YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK YOUR VOTING STATUS OR FIND THE APPLICATION AT. VOTE PA.GOV. IT IS 608 AND THE UNITED WAY IN YORK COUNTY IS TEAMING UP WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOBS BUT ARE STRUGGLING TO GET MORE MONEY. IT’S ALL PART OF A NEW INITIATIVE, AND WE’RE GOING TO GO OUT TO NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIEL GABRIEL THOMAS, WHO IS LIVE IN YORK COUNTY. GOOD MORNING. GABRIEL. GOOD MORNING, MATT AND CAITLIN. WELL, WE ALL KNOW THAT INFLATION IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH RIGHT NOW, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. BUT GOOD THING UNITED WAY HERE IN YORK IS PARTICIPATING IN A NEW INITIATIVE CALLED ALICE THAT GATHERS INFORMATION AND DATA FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED HELP WITH THE MOST. NOW I HAVE BRIAN GRIMM HERE. HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED WAY HERE IN YORK. BRIAN, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO KIND OF FILL IN THE GAPS AND HELP PEOPLE MAKE ENDS MEET WITH MONEY AND RESOURCES? GOOD MORNING. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT WE’RE FILLING IN. OUR CHILD CARE SCHOLARSHIPS. SO WE UNDERSTAND CHILD CARE AND TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS FOR THESE WORKING FAMILIES. SO WE PROVIDE SOME SCHOLARSHIP HELP. THERE. WE ALSO PROVIDE A VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FREE SERVICE CALLED VITA UM, WHICH PROVIDES DOLLARS THAT GO DIRECTLY BACK INTO THESE WORKING FAMILIES POCKETS TO THE TUNE OF $1.4 MILLION. WE’RE ALSO INVESTING IN SOME MORE, LONGER TERM, UM, OBJECTIVES THAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY AT THE AT THE PRESS RELEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO QUICK AND EASY FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME THAT DON’T KNOW WHAT ALICE IS. WHAT IS ALICE? ASSET LIMITED, INCOME CONSTRAINED. EMPLOYED ONE MORE TIME. ASSET LIMITED. INCOME CONSTRAINED. BUT THEY ARE EMPLOYED. ALL RIGHT WELL I HOPE YOU GUYS GOT THAT. THEY WILL BE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ABOUT ALICE AND WHAT IT’S DOING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE LATER AT 9 A.M., REPORTING LIV