Multi-vehicle crash shuts down a stretch of the highway (2024)

THE FINAL WORD ON THE DAY’S NEWS AND WEATHER. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. IT HAS BEEN ONE WEEK SINCE A 16 YEAR OLD DAUPHIN COUNTY BOY DIED HOURS AFTER HE WAS SEEN ON VIDEO BEING CHASED BY KIDS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE UPDATE WE ARE EXPECTING TODAY AND. TO HEAR HEARING THIS MORNING IN YORK COUNTY FOR A 13 YEAR OLD CHARGED WITH KILLING A 12 YEAR OLD, WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DECIDE IN COURT TODAY. POLICE SHOOT AND KILL A MAN IN YORK COUNTY. THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR ABOUT HIM, IT IS 430 TODAY. IT’S FRIDAY, MAY THIRD. GOOD MORNING. I’M MATT BARCARO, I’M CAITLIN SMITH. I HEARD WE BROKE A RECORD YESTERDAY. IT FELT GREAT. YEAH. GOT 90 AT LEAST DEGREES. LET’S GET THE REAL FACTS HERE FROM METEOROLOGIST TJ SPRINGER. WHAT WAS THE HIGH TEMP YESTERDAY? IT WAS 90 AT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. GUYS. YEAH. THE OLD ONE ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1913. YEAH 88. SO IT WAS CERTAINLY A SUMMER LIKE DAY TODAY. STILL ABOVE NORMAL. JUST NOT QUITE AS WARM. SO I’D SAY YOU CAN STILL GET OUT AND ENJOY IT. BUT WE’RE GOING TO NOTICE A LITTLE MORE CLOUD COVER OUT THERE TOO. WE’RE STARTING OFF THE DAY STARRY. WE CAN SEE A LACK OF CLOUD COVER STILL IN THE WHITE ROSE CITY, BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE, OUR NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS GOING TO INCH IN, AND THAT’S GOING TO MAKE FOR THAT INCREASING CLOUD COVER. WE’RE STILL IN THE 70S IN GETTYSBURG. WE HAVE 58 IN LANCASTER, 63 IN THE CAPITAL CITY AND 51 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN CEILINGS GROVE OVER THE NEXT 12, WE’RE GUNNING. STILL FOR THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S THIS AFTERNOON, BUT TOMORROW, SUNDAY, DREARY AND MUCH COOLER. WE’LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THOSE RAIN CHANCES AND HOW LONG THEY STICK AROUND. COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, TJ. THE DAUPHIN COUNTY DA IS PLANNING TO HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING AT 10:00 ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF 16 YEAR OLD JUSTIN JOHNSON. NEWS 8 IS PLANNING ON BEING THERE. THE JOHNSON FAMILY ATTORNEY SAYS A GROUP OF TEENAGERS TRIED TO GET JUSTIN TO COME OUTSIDE OF HIS LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP HOME LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE BOYS WERE CAUGHT ON SECURITY CAMERA CHASING JUSTIN, ONE OF THEM SEEMED TO BE HOLDING SOME TYPE OF SQUIRT GUN OR PELLET GUN. RACIALLY CHARGED LANGUAGE WAS ALSO HEARD ON THAT VIDEO. POLICE SAY JUSTIN COULD LATER BE SEEN RETURNING HOME ALONE. HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE INSIDE THE HOUSE A FEW HOURS LATER. THE CORONER SAYS HE DIED OF COMPLICATIONS OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR, NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY. ALSO HAPPENING TODAY IN YORK COUNTY, A HEARING TO DECIDE IF A BOY CHARGED WITH KILLING ANOTHER BOY SHOULD BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT. NOLAN GROVE OF RED LION, WHO WAS 13 AT THE TIME, IS ACCUSED OF USING HIS FATHER’S GUN LAST APRIL TO KILL 12 YEAR-OLD KANE, HIGHLAND THIS MORNING’S HEARING IS SET FOR 930 AND ALSO HAPPENING TODAY. THE AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR A MAN THAT POLICE SAY THEY SHOT AND KILLED IN YORK COUNTY. THE CORONER THERE DOES PLAN TO RELEASE THE MAN’S NAME AFTER THAT AUTOPSY. THE CORONER REVEALED OVERNIGHT THAT IT WAS A 32 YEAR OLD MAN WHO DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THIS HAPPENED AT RESTHAVEN YORK, WHICH IS A NURSING AND REHAB CENTER JUST OUTSIDE OF YORK CITY. IT’S IN SPRING GARDEN TOWNSHIP. THE YORK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS IT HAPPENED INSIDE THE NURSING HOME, BUT HAS NOT YET SAID WHAT LED UP TO THAT SHOOTING. WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT EARLIER TODAY, WE DID HAVE AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING BEHIND US HERE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT’S BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE. THEY’VE TAKEN OVER THE INVESTIGATION. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY AT ALL. I CAN TELL YOU THAT NONE OF THE RESIDENTS, NOR ANY OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE WERE INJURED OR HURT. THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. AND THAT’S WHERE POLICE SAY HE DIED. ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A CRASH THAT ENDED IN A VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. DISPATCHERS SAY THE CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER 930 LAST NIGHT TO THE 1500 BLOCK OF WEST PENN GRANT ROAD. THAT’S IN PARKWAY TOWNSHIP. ONE OF THE VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THAT CRASH CAUGHT FIRE. WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF A WOMAN WHO WAS HIT AND KILLED IN LEBANON COUNTY THIS WEEK. OFFICERS SAY 77 YEAR OLD CASIMIR PAOLA WAS HIT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WHILE SHE WAS WALKING ALONG EASTFIELD DRIVE. THAT’S IN SOUTH LEBANON TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY THAT DRIVER LEFT WITHOUT STOPPING BUT WAS LATER FOUND BY OFFICERS. SO FAR, INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT FILED CHARGES. WE HAVE A HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS IN YORK COUNTY THAT COULD AFFECT YOUR MORNING COMMUTE BEGINNING IN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR, OLD YORK ROAD BETWEEN FISHING CREEK ROAD AND VALLEY ROAD IN FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP WILL BE CLOSED TO ONE LANE FOR CONSTRUCTION. THAT CLOSURE WILL LAST MOST OF THE DAY. FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN TRAFFIC BACKUPS DURING THE MORNING RUSH, SO WATCH OUT FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT? GIVE LOCAL YORK THAT’S ALSO NOW UNDERWAY. IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO DONATE. AND IT RUNS UNTIL 9:00 TONIGHT. SO LET’S GET A LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN RAISED SO FAR. LOOK AT THAT. MORE THAN $550,000 ALREADY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE OR LEARN MORE ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED IN TODAY’S EVENTS, YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO GIVE LOCAL YORK. ORG. THIS IS THE SEVENTH YEAR FOR THAT EVENT AND MORE THAN 300 ORGANIZATIONS ARE TAKING PART. LAST YEAR, DONORS RAISED MORE