Accident reported on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, causing significant traffic congestion

EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. IT'S SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024. GOOD SATURDAY MORNING, I'M JAY SCOTT SMITH, JOINING US TODAY. FROM METEOROLOGIST MARY ELLEN PAM MARY ELLEN. WE'RE SEEING THE SUN BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE GETTING A LITTLE SHORTER. SO THE SUN IS JUST STARTING TO POP OUT. BUT THERE WAS A LITTLE FOG, LIKE EARLY NIGHT. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY NICE SATURDAY. IT IS. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS FOG FORM IN THE MORNING HOURS. BUT IT IS DEPARTING AND WILL LEAVE US WITH A BRIGHT BLUE SKY. SO IT'S EXPECTED TO BE A BEAUTIFUL START TO OUR WEEKEND. BUT IF YOU LEAVE EARLY THIS MORNING YOU MAY BE ENCOUNTERED INTO FOG. VISIBILITY DOESN'T LOOK SO BAD HERE IN OUR YORK SKYCAM BUT THERE IS A LITTLE HAZY IN THE DISTANCE. AN INDICATION THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FOGGY AREAS IN YORK, VISIBILITY HAS DROPPED TO UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE. YOU CAN SEE ACROSS MIFFLIN AND JUNIATA COUNTIES. THERE ARE SOME FOGGY AREAS WITH VISIBILITY OF ABOUT TWO MILES ELSEWHERE. DOESN'T LOOK THAT BAD BUT ANY TIME YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT THIS MORNING YOU CAN RUN INTO FOG THAT WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY. SOMETIMES UNEXPECTEDLY. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. TEMPERATURES ARE RIGHT NOW AT 54 IN LANDISBURG AND 52 IN LEWISTOWN. IN CHAMBERSBURG WE HAVE 58, NEW FREEDOM IS COMING IN AT 57. LANCASTER AND ELIZABETHTOWN AT 59 DEGREES. DEW POINTS ARE NICE AND COMFORTABLE IN THE 50S, LOW TO MID 50S, AND THEY'RE STAYING PRETTY COMFORTABLE TODAY. TEMPERATURES MAY RISE TO AROUND 60 DEGREES, WHICH COULD FEEL HYDROPHY AT TIMES, BUT HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. AND LOOK AT THE HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON, IN THE 80S, A BEAUTIFUL DAY. TOMORROW THE HEAT AND PLEASANT CONDITIONS CONTINUE, BUT THERE IS SOME RAIN IN THE TEN-DAY FORECAST. I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT IT. THANKS, MARY ELLEN. NOW WE START AT 6 AM IN HARRISBURG WHERE THE SEARCH FOR A MURDER SUSPECT CONTINUES. THE SHOOTING OCCURRED ON FRIDAY AROUND 5 PM WHEN HARRISBURG POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SHOOTING AT THE HOUSE ON NORTH 14TH STREET. WHEN THEY ENTERED THEY FOUND A MAN WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS BUT COULD NOT FIND THE SUSPECT. THEY ALSO FOUND FAMILY MEMBERS BY HIS SIDE AND KILLED THEM FOR SAFETY. HE EVACUATED THE NEIGHBORS, 60, AND THEN WE MADE THE DECISION WE COULD NOT SAFELY CLEAR THE REST OF THE RESIDENCE. WE CALLED THE DAUPHIN COUNTY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM AND THEY CAME TO CLEAR THE REST OF THE RESIDENCE. POLICE USED HEAVY TACTICAL EQUIPMENT, RIOT SHIELDS, DRONES AND SMOKE GRENADES BUT COULD NOT FIND THE SUSPECT. HARRISBURG POLICE HAVE NO DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT'S IDENTITY OR HIS POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP TO THE VICTIM, BUT THEY HAVE SAID THERE IS NO ACTIVE DANGER TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME. OF COURSE WE WILL BE COVERING MORE OF THIS INVESTIGATION ON THE STATION AND ONLINE AT OUR WEBSITE WJHL.COM. MEANWHILE, YORK POLICE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT IN A FATAL SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED THURSDAY NIGHT. NOW IT HAPPENED ON WEST COLLEGE AVENUE. AND NEIGHBORS THERE SAY THEY HEARD SEVERAL SHOTS. THE VICTIM'S BODY WAS FOUND ON A NEARBY LID. ONE IS ON THE HEAD. THEY LOOKED AT HIS BACK. WHEN THEY PULLED UP HIS SWEATER THERE WERE SEVERAL SHOTS TO THE BACK AREA. NOW THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A MAN IN HIS 20S. HOWEVER, HIS NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. WE START BREAKING WINDOWS BECAUSE SHE SAID ABOUT THE BABY UPstairs, WE TRIED TO GET IN TO SAVE THE BABY. THE BABY BUDDY IS COMING OUT OF HERE. IT'S NOT HAPPENING. FRIDAY WAS A HEARTBREAKING DAY IN LEBANON AS NEIGHBORS STAND IN SHOCK IN THAT ROOM CONCERNING THE DEATH OF A ONE YEAR OLD BOY WHO PERISHED IN A FIRE THAT ALSO TAKEN THREE OTHER CHILDREN TO THE HOSPITAL. NOW THE FIRE STARTED ON BRANDYWINE STREET. NEIGHBORS AND FIREFIGHTERS DID ALL THEY COULD TO GET THE FAMILY OUT OF DANGER, ESPECIALLY AFTER LEARNED THE BABY WAS IN AN UPPER FLOOR BEDROOM. LEBANON'S MAYOR SHERRY CAPELLO SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE VICTIMS. IN ADDITION TO THE ONE-YEAR-OLD BOY AND THE OTHER VICTIMS, THE VICTIMS INCLUDE 59-YEAR-OLD BARBARA MILLER, WHO SUFFERED SECOND-DEGREE BURNS, AND THE THREE CHILDREN. OUR FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL, A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY, AND A TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRL. THEY WERE ALL TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE NEIGHBORS TELL US THAT THIS IS A CLOSE-KNOWN COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE IS SUFFERING. I PUSH OPEN THE BROKEN WINDOW TO GO IN. I GO IN, YOU KNOW, LOOK, EVERYTHING IS BLACK. IT'S AN EXTREMELY SAD SITUATION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE THERE FOR EACH OTHER WHEN WE NEED EACH OTHER. AND I THINK IF THERE'S A LITTLE RAINBOW HERE THAT WE CAN TRY TO HOLD ON TO GET THROUGH THIS, IT'S THAT WE ARE THERE FOR EACH OTHER AND TRY TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. NOW MILLER AND THE THREE CHILDREN ARE BEING TREATED AT THE LEHIGH VALLEY BURN CENTER. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE OF THIS FIRE AND WE ARE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE THAT KILLED A WOMAN ON NORTH 15TH STREET IN HARRISBURG ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE HOUSE WHERE THE WOMAN LIVED WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE INHABITED. HARRISBURG FIRE CHIEF BRIAN ENTERLINE SAID THE COLLAPSING CEILINGS AND THE HAMMERED CONDITION INSIDE HAVE MADE THE HOUSE UNHABITABLE. ALSO, THIS PREVENTED THE FIREMEN FROM ENTERING THE HOUSE WHEN THEY WERE REQUESTED. NOW THE FIRE HAS NOT ONLY DAMAGED THAT HOUSE, IT ALSO DAMAGED THE TWO ADJACENT TOWNHOUSES, AND THEY ARE ALL BEING DEMOLISHED AT THE MOMENT. THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE LAWS ARE LEGALLY LAID DOWN, RIGHT? WE CAN, THEY CAN. THE GOVERNMENT COULD FORCE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR BUILDINGS. BUT IT'S NOT THE RIGHT AND MORAL THING TO DO. RIGHT. AND IT HAS LEGAL CONSEQUENCES TOO. THE HOUSE WHERE THE FIRE STARTED ALSO HAD NO SMOKE DETECTORS, AND THE FIRE WAS ACTUALLY DISCOVERED BY A NEIGHBOR. NOW FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE LACK OF THAT SMOKE DETECTOR PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED TO IT

Accident reported on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, causing significant traffic congestion

Updated: 12:31 EDT, September 14, 2024

A crash with injuries and entrapment was reported on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Exit 266 in Penn Township. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. The severity of injuries has not yet been confirmed: however, a helicopter has been dispatched to the scene. Traffic delays are still expected in the area. It is unknown how long the backup will last. Emergency crews from Lancaster County Police and Fire are on the scene. For traffic updates, click here. Do you have photos or videos of an accident? If so, upload them. Be sure to include your name and other details so we can credit you appropriately online and on TV.

CORNWALL, Pennsylvania —

An accident with injuries and entrapment was reported on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Exit 266 in Penn Township.

Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.

The severity of the injuries is not yet known, but a helicopter has already been sent to the scene of the accident.

Traffic disruptions are expected to continue in the area. It is not known how long the traffic jam will last.

Lancaster County Police and Fire Department personnel were reported to the scene.

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