Two-vehicle crash blocks Route 22 in Lebanon County, Pa., reports say

SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY FOR THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE HELENE. WE’LL HAVE MORE COMING UP. AND DOCK WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ON STRIKE. FIND OUT WHAT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT COULD BE. AND THE ISRAELI GROUND INVASION INTO LEBANON HAS BEGUN. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR AND HOW HEZBOLLAH IS RESPONDING. NEWS EIGHT AT NOON STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD TUESDAY AFTERNOON. I’M JAY SCOTT SMITH AND THE BIG STORY AT HIGH NOON. IS THAT HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE HELENE. AND IT’S COMING FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. AND FOR MORE, OUR ED WEINSTOCK JOINS US LIVE IN YORK COUNTY AT BAILEY COACH, WHICH IS NEAR SPRING GROVE. GOOD AFTERNOON. ED, AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, JAY. WELL, HELP IS DEFINITELY ON THE WAY. A BUS LEFT HERE ABOUT 1030 THIS MORNING. JUST THE LATEST EFFORT BY BAILEY COACH TO HELP VICTIMS OF A DISASTER. A SINGLE BUS WAS STUFFED WITH MUCH-NEEDED SUPPLIES. THIS MORNING. EVERYTHING FROM DIAPERS TO TOOTHPASTE. ONCE AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY CAME THROUGH FOR BAILEY WITH BOXES OF CARE ITEMS. THE BUS WILL DELIVER THE SUPPLIES TO ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH RECEIVES SOME OF THE WORST DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE HELENE. I LOVE THAT PEOPLE CARE. PEOPLE STILL CARE. PEOPLE ARE THERE, PEOPLE HELP, AND THEY’RE GOOD, AND THEY DO WHAT THEY CAN. AND WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE NEGATIVE, BUT THIS IS A POSITIVE THING AND I LOVE THAT. SO MUCH. NOW TAKE ABOUT NINE HOURS FOR THE BUS THAT LEFT HERE TO GET TO ASHEVILLE. IT’S ACTUALLY TAKING A ROUNDABOUT ROUTE BECAUSE MANY OF THE ROADS DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE NOT PASSABLE IN YORK COUNTY. ED WEINSTOCK WGAL NEWS EIGHT. IT BRINGS UP THERE AS THE DEATH TOLL DOES CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE AFTERMATH OF HELENE. YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. MORE THAN 130 DEATHS HAVE NOW BEEN CONFIRMED AND THAT’S EXPECTED TO RISE AS THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS CONTINUES. THIS, I MEAN, I DON’T WANT TO SUGARCOAT IT, THOUGH. THIS IS A TOUGH MISSION, RIGHT? THERE IS A LOT TO DO HERE. THIS IS WIDESPREAD AND THERE’S CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS ACROSS MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT ALSO IN MANY OF THE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. THAT’S WHY WE’RE EMBEDDED WITH THE STATE AND THE LOCALS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS. AND WE CAN BRING THE RIGHT RESOURCES IN. NOW, SOME SUPPLIES HAVE STARTED TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO ASHEVILLE ON MONDAY, BUT OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE CLOSED ROADS ARE SLOWING THOSE DELIVERIES. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS PLEDGED TO PROVIDE EVERY AVAILABLE RESOURCE, AND WGAL IS TEAMING UP WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TO HELP PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HELENE. YOU CAN SIMPLY GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WGAL.COM, WHERE WE HAVE A LINK TO DONATE, AND WE SWITCH GEARS AND YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT OUR SKYCAM NETWORK ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. AND, WELL, IT’S STILL DREARY AND CLOUDY OUT THERE. LET’S SAY GOOD AFTERNOON, METEOROLOGIST MARY ELLEN PAN AND MARY ELLEN. HOPEFULLY WE’RE FINALLY GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF ALL OF THIS. WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END. WE STILL HAVE TWO MORE DAYS TO GET THROUGH BEFORE WE START TO SEE THE SUN RETURNING ACROSS THE AREA. AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OVER THE CLOUDS, OVER THE RAIN, BUT WE GOT TO GET THROUGH TWO MORE DAYS. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK THROUGH OUR CARLISLE SKYCAM. AND ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE WET ROADWAYS ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS. STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. THE INTENSITY IN SOME PLACES STARTING TO DWINDLE AND JUST BECOMING MORE LIGHT AND SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA. SO DEFINITELY WANT TO ALLOW FOR SOME EXTRA TRAVEL TIME IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE HEADING OUT FOR LUNCH HERE SOON. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW LOW 60S 63 IN LEBANON, 64. IN LANCASTER. WE HAVE 60 IN NEW FREEDOM. WE HAVE LOW 60S IN CARLISLE AND CHAMBERSBURG. LEWISTOWN AT 61 DEGREES. AND YOUR NEXT 12 HOUR FORECAST? WELL, I DO EXPECT THE SHOWER ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE TO DWINDLE AS WE GO LATER INTO THE AFTERNOON. AND EVENING. WE WON’T BE QUITE FINISHED WITH THE RAIN, BUT WE WON’T SEE AS WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF IT. STILL, A FEW SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE WILL LINGER THE EVENING THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT PERIOD. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT OUR RAIN CHANCES FOR WEDNESDAY AND WHEN THE SUN FINALLY RETURNS. IN MY TEN DAY FORECAST, THAT IS LONG OVERDUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARY ELLEN. NOW DOCK WORKERS AT PORTS FROM MAINE ALL THE WAY TO TEXAS. THEY’RE ON STRIKE. THEY’RE WALKING PICKET LINES OVER WAGES AND AUTOMATION. NOW, THERE ARE CONCERNS IT COULD REIGNITE INFLATION AND CAUSE SHORTAGES OF GOODS IF IT GOES MORE THAN A FEW WEEKS NOW, THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PORTS AND ABOUT 45,000 MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION EXPIRED AT MIDNIGHT. AND EVEN THOUGH PROGRESS WAS REPORTED IN TALKS YESTERDAY, THEY WENT ON STRIKE. AND TODAY, AT 36 PORTS. AND THAT INCLUDES THE PORTS OF PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE. MEANWHILE, ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THEIR INVASION OF SOUTHERN LEBANON, LAUNCHING WHAT THEY CALLED A LIMITED, LOCALIZED AND TARGETED GROUND OPERATION AIMED AT PUSHING HEZBOLLAH FORCES FARTHER AWAY FROM THE BORDER. NBC NEWS MATT BRADLEY HAS THE LATEST FROM BEIRUT. WELL, LAST NIGHT SAW THE EVENTUALITY THAT EVERYBODY IN THE REGION HAD BEEN DREADING AND WAITING FOR THAT MUCH ANTICIPATED ISRAELI GROUND INVASION INTO LEBANON. BUT SO FAR, WE HAVEN’T HEARD MUCH ABOUT THE EFFECTS OR EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE HEARD FROM THE ISRAELIS TODAY SAYING THAT THIS WAS A LIMITED INVASION OR INCURSION, AND THAT THEY HADN’T ACTUALLY EXCHANGED ANY FIRE WITH HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS. THE EXTENT ON WHICH THEY ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO LEBANESE TERRITORY, ACCORDING TO THE IDF, WAS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE. NOW, ALL OF THIS IS ACCORDING TO SECURITY SOURCES WHO WERE SPEAKING TO REUTERS. IT HASN’T BEEN INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BY NBC NEWS. HEZBOLLAH ON THE OTHER HAND, SAID THAT ALL OF THIS WAS A LIE THAT THE IDF HADN’T ACTUALLY INVADED LEBANON AND THAT THEY HADN’T EXCHANGED FIRE WITH HEZBOLLAH. NOW, THAT IS CONSISTENT, OF COURSE, WITH WHAT THE IDF TOLD REUTERS. BUT WE REALLY DON’T KNOW ENOUGH INFORMATION. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. BUT THE FACT IS THIS IS A VERY TENSE AND VERY CRITICAL MOMENT, AN IMPASSE HERE THAT COULD AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION. WHAT THE IDF DOES NEXT, HOW HEZBOLLAH RESPONDS. THAT’S GOING TO DICTATE REALLY QUITE A BIT ABOUT HOW THE REST OF THE REGION RESPONDS, PARTICULARLY IRAN. MATT BRADLEY, NBC NEWS, BEIRUT, LEBANON MEANWHILE, BERKS COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN THE DEATH OF A LANCASTER COUNTY MAN, 23 YEAR OLD MATTHEW SLOUCH WAS CHARGED YESTERDAY. THE CRASH HAPPENED ON JUNE 6TH AT THE INTERSECTION OF MORGANTOWN AND ELVERSON ROADS IN CARNARVON TOWNSHIP. NOW 64 YEAR OLD SCOTT WAGNER OF REINHOLDS WAS KILLED. POLICE SAY SLOUCH WAS GOING MORE THAN 75MPH IN A 55 MILE PER HOUR ZONE, AND POLICE SAY WITNESSES TOLD THEM THAT SLOUCH HAD BEEN ILLEGALLY PASSING VEHICLES ON MORGANTOWN ROAD BEFORE THE CRASH. AT ONE POINT GOING MORE THAN 100MPH. LET’S MOVE TO OUR ELECTION COVERAGE NOW. AND THE STAGE IS SET FOR TONIGHT’S VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE CBS NEWS STUDIOS IN NEW YORK CITY, WHERE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ WILL FACE OFF AGAINST OHIO SENATOR JD VANCE. IT’S GOING TO BE THE ONLY DEBATE BETWEEN THE TWO VP CANDIDATES THIS ELECTION, AND THIS IS ALSO LIKELY THE FINAL DEBATE OF THE CAMPAIGN SEASON, AS DONALD TRUMP HAS SO FAR REFUSED TO COMMIT TO ANOTHER DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. NOW, YOU CAN SEE TONIGHT’S VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE RIGHT HERE ON WGAL. NBC NEWS WILL HAVE SPECIAL COVERAGE STARTING AT 8 P.M., AND WE’LL ALSO HAVE MORE COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS TONIGHT DURING NEWS EIGHT AT 11 AND POSTAL WORKERS FROM ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH RALLIED IN HARRISBURG TO ASK FOR HELP AHEAD OF THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. AND OUR JAKE REYES HAS MORE ON THE CHALLENGES THEY’RE FACING AND THE CALLS THAT THEY’RE ASKING FOR. THE MESSAGE POSTAL WORKERS WANT TO SEND IS THAT THEY’RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO ENSURE POLITICAL MAIL, INCLUDING MAIL IN BALLOTS, ARE COUNTED FOR THE ELECTION. BUT WITH ONLY FIVE TUESDAYS TO GO UNTIL THE ELECTION, THEY SAY TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO ENSURE A SMOOTH MAILING PROCESS. UNION PROUD SAY IT LOUD. THE PENNSYLVANIA POSTAL WORKERS UNION IS DEMANDING BETTER STAFFING, BETTER SERVICE AND BETTER CONTRACTS. THE UNION SAYS RIGHT NOW, SOME POST OFFICES IN PENNSYLVANIA HAVE STAFF WHO ARE BEING OVERWORKED, WHICH IN SOME CASES IS CAUSING EMPLOYEES TO DO THE JOBS OF TWO PEOPLE. IN OTHER CASES, THERE ARE EMPLOYEES LIKE DELIVERY DRIVERS WHO ARE NOT GETTING LUNCH BREAKS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION TELLS ME THESE ISSUES ARE HAPPENING BEFORE THE PEAK OF THE MAIL SEASON, AND WITH PENNSYLVANIA BEING A PIVOTAL BATTLEGROUND STATE. THE UNION SAYS THEY NEED TO BE PREPARED TO ENSURE EACH MAIL-IN BALLOT, NO MATTER WHO IT’S FOR, IS COUNTED IN THE ELECTION. WE DON’T LOOK AT IF IT’S DEMOCRAT OR IF IT’S REPUBLICAN, IF IT’S INDEPENDENT. WE LOOK AT A BALLOT AND WE LOOK AT SOMEBODY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE. THAT’S WHAT WE LOOK FOR. AND WE’RE GOING TO MAKE SURE AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AS TASK FORCE HAVE BEEN CREATED. AND THIS POST OFFICE TO FIND AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT BALLOT HAS BEEN EXPEDITED TO THE END POINT SO THAT IT CAN BE COUNTED. AND ALSO DURING THE RALLY, POSTAL WORKERS ARE ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MAIL IN VOTING PROCESS IN HARRISBURG, JAKE REYES, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AND STAYING IN HARRISBURG AT THE STATE CAPITOL THIS MORNING, HOUSE DEMOCRATS ADVOCATED FOR A BILL THAT AIMS TO HELP IMMIGRANTS HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH. THE BILL, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE IZZY SMITH WADE L OF LANCASTER, WOULD CREATE WHAT HE CALLS THE OFFICE OF NEW PENNSYLVANIANS. NOW, THE OFFICE FOCUSES ON SUPPORTING AND ATTRACTING AND RETAINING IMMIGRANTS HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH. HE SAYS IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES TO HELP NEW PENNSYLVANIANS NAVIGATE AMERICAN SYSTEMS AND FILL LABOR SHORTAGES. THEY MAKE UP. I HAVE DOCTORS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE DRIVING CABS. THEY’RE WORKING AS CNAS AT A TIME WHEN PENNSYLVANIA HAS A DOCTOR AND NURSE SHORTAGE. SO ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS IS GOING TO BE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO ACCREDITATION HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NOW, THE BILL WAS INTRODUCED BACK IN JUNE AND WAS TODAY’S EFFORTS. DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING THE BILL WILL BE APPROVED IN THE HOUSE. AND IT’S OCTOBER 1ST. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. THE FOUNTAIN AT THE STATE CAPITOL IS NOW PINK TO MARK THE START OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. NOW TO KICK OFF EVENT TODAY. ADVOCATES AND STATE LAWMAKERS SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING FREE BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS. THE FOUNTAIN WILL STAY PINK FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF OCTOBER. OF COURSE, WE WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION, BUT WE ALSO WANT IT TO BE A PLACE OF CELEBRATION FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND THRIVERS LIVING IN PENNSYLVANIA AND REALLY A PLACE OF REFLECTION FOR THOSE WE’VE LOST TO BREAST CANCER. NOW, THE PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION SAYS 38 WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER EVERY DAY IN PENNSYLVANIA. ORGANIZERS SAY THEY HOPE THE PINK FOUNTAIN WILL SOUND THE CALL TO INCREASE RESEARCH FUNDING FOR BREAST CANCER. AND IT’S ALSO HARVEST SEASON IN. UPMC HAS LAUNCHED A PROGRAM TO KEEP YOU HEALTHY THROUGH DIET AND EXERCISE. AND OUR GABRIELLE THOMAS IS IN YORK TO SHOW US HOW THE FARM TO HOSPITAL PROGRAM WORKS. PATIENTS HERE AT UPMC NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE TO GET FRESH PRODUCE. THEY CAN GET THEIR FRESH PRODUCE RIGHT HERE FROM THE FARM ON UPMC CAMPUS. THAT PRODUCE IS THEN TRANSFERRED HERE TO THE CAFETERIA THAT I’M IN, AND THEY CAN GET FRESH SALADS. WHAT ABOUT MAYBE A SOUP? AS WE ENTER THE FALL SEASON? ALL THE GOOD STUFF TO GIVE THEM THE NUTRIENTS THEY NEED AS THEY’RE ON THEIR RECOVERY JOURNEY. NOW I HAVE BOB PARKER HERE. HE’S WITH UPMC. BOB, EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE MISSION IS BEHIND THIS PROGRAM. THE MISSION BEHIND THE PROGRAM IS BASICALLY HEALTHY EATING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO FOOD THAT WILL HELP THEM LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE. AND HOW DO YOU THINK THE FARM HERE AT UPMC IMPACTS THE PATIENTS HERE AT THE HOSPITAL? A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. I THINK IT INTRODUCES THEM TO THE CONCEPT OF EATING HEALTHY. IF THEY’RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY PUTTING THE HEALTHY FOOD VEGETABLES INTO THEIR BODY, THAT’S GOING TO HELP THEM GET HEALTHIER AND LIVE A MUCH BETTER LIFE. AND I ALSO WANT YOU GUYS TO KEEP IN MIND THAT DOCTORS CAN PRESCRIBE SPECIFIC VEGETABLES TO PATIENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THEIR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. REPORTING IN YORK HERE AT UPMC, I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. TODAY IS ALSO THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING IN U.S. HISTORY. IT WAS AT A COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL IN LAS VEGAS. POLICE HELD A SUNRISE CEREMONY. REMEMBER THE 58 PEOPLE KILLED AT THE ROUTE? 91 HARVEST? MUSIC FESTIVAL? THEY ANNOUNCED THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL AT THE LOCATION THAT WILL BE BUILT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. OCTOBER 1ST IS NOW A DAY WE COME TOGETHER WITH GRIEF, LOSS, BROKENNESS AND BEGIN TO HEAL. LIKE IT HAPPENED ALL OVER AGAIN. GRIEF IS ALL THE LOVE THAT WE CANNOT GIVE. IT’S HEAVY. IT GATHERS IN THE CORNER OF OUR EYES. LUMP IN OUR THROATS AND A FEELING OF HOPELESSNESS IN OUR CHEST. NOW, SHIPPENSBURG WRESTLING COACH BILL WOLF WAS KILLED DURING THE SHOOTING ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2017. WOLF WAS AT THE FESTIVAL WITH HIS WIFE

Two-vehicle crash blocks Route 22 in Lebanon County, reports say

Updated: 11:31 PM EDT Oct 1, 2024

A two-vehicle crash causing traffic disruptions was reported in Lebanon County on Tuesday.Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.Crews responded to North Lancaster Street and Route 22 in Swatara Township around 1 p.m.The crash is blocking traffic and causing slowdowns in the area. Police were called to the scene to assist with traffic control.At this time, the extent of injuries is unknown. For live traffic updates, click here. Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

SWATARA TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

A two-vehicle crash causing traffic disruptions was reported in Lebanon County on Tuesday.

Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.

Crews responded to North Lancaster Street and Route 22 in Swatara Township around 1 p.m.

The crash is blocking traffic and causing slowdowns in the area. Police were called to the scene to assist with traffic control.

At this time, the extent of injuries is unknown.

For live traffic updates, click here.

Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wgal.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.