Crash blocks Route 283 exit ramp (2024)

SOMEBODY. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS 8. TODAY STARTS NOW. THIS MORNING THE CITY IS CLEANING UP THE BRICK BUILDING OF THE BROAD STREET MARKET. WE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT THESE EFFORTS WILL LOOK LIKE. AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP IS HAPPENING OUT HERE ON ROUTE 897, IN LANCASTER COUNTY. WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT THIS CLEANUP IS ALL ABOUT. BACK TO SCHOOL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. AND ONE MINISTRY HERE IN YORK IS MAKING SURE EVERY CHILD LOOKS THEIR BEST FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT ELSE THEY DO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. LET’S START THIS 6:00 HOUR LOOKING LIVE OVER OUR YORK SKYCAM. IT IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH. GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. I’M CAITLIN SMITH, I’M MATT BARCARO WE HAVEN’T HAD A LOT OF GOOD SUNRISES LAST WEEK, BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE GETTING A LOT THIS WEEK ALREADY HERE ON TUESDAY, REGINA IS HERE WITH OUR COMMUTE ON OUR TUESDAY MORNING. ALL RIGHT SO FAR. LOOKS GOOD. YEAH. VERY GOOD. AND I KNOW THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD CHRISTINE I’M JUST YOU KNOW TAKE THE WEEK OFF I KNOW NO NEED FOR ME. THIS WEEK. IT’S IT’S BEEN QUIET AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN QUIET FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK AHEAD. LIVE IN EPHRATA. YOU CAN SEE CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING. THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN LANCASTER HAS DROPPED TO 59. WE HAVE 62. IN HARRISBURG, 61 IN CHAMBERSBURG. A COMFY 57 CURRENTLY IN YORK. AND THOSE DEW POINTS, THAT’S THE NUMBER THAT MATTERS IN THE SUMMER WHEN YOU HAVE DEW POINTS IN THE 50S, IT IS A REAL TREAT. 12 OUR FORECAST TODAY VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. WE START OUT WITH SUN. WE’LL SEE SOME CLOUDS BUBBLING UP THIS AFTERNOON AND THERE JUST MAY BE A STRAY SHOWER. HIGHS WILL HIT THE LOW 80S, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE. AND WE’LL TAKE IT LIKE BEING BELOW AVERAGE AFTER THE SUMMER. WE HAVE HAD FOR SURE. NO MORE SOUPY DEW. POINTS. WE THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SCOOBY DOO LAST YEAR. SOUPY DEW POINTS. SOUPY DEW POINTS IN THE 50S ARE MUCH BETTER. OR SCOOBY DEW POINTS, I DON’T KNOW. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. 601 ON YOUR TUESDAY MORNING. HOPEFULLY YOU’RE HAVING A GREAT ONE. SO FAR. LIKE I MENTIONED, IT’S LOOKING GOOD FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. BUT WE DO HAVE A CRASH THAT POPPED UP IN YORK CITY RIGHT NOW. THIS IS ALONG ROUTE 30. LOUCKS ROAD AT ROOSEVELT AVENUE RIGHT NOW. IT’S NOT CAUSING TOO MUCH OF AN ISSUE, BUT WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS CRASH FOR YOU. LANCASTER COUNTY THERE ARE SOME NIGHTTIME RESTRICTIONS TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT. THIS IS A PART OF THE ROUTE 3222 INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FROM PENNDOT. SO FROM OREGON PIKE THROUGH NEW HOLLAND AVENUE, THEY’RE GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH THAT FROM 9 P.M. TO 6 A.M. SO WATCH OUT FOR THAT. AND HERE’S A LOOK FROM OUR PENNDOT CAMERA OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. YOU CAN SEE THE SUNRISE RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER. IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL OUT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. HELLO TO YOU AND YORK TO COLUMBIA. 14 MINUTE DRIVE ON 30 EASTBOUND. IF YOU’RE HEADED TO LANCASTER. THAT’S ABOUT A TEN MINUTE DRIVE. NOT TOO BAD. AND IF YOU’RE HEADED FROM YORK TO LANCASTER, JUST UNDER A 25 MINUTE DRIVE, WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER CHECK ON TRAFFIC COMING UP IN SEVEN MINUTES. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT RIGHT NOW. POLICE IN HARRISBURG ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT A 17 YEAR OLD BOY DEAD. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER SIX LAST NIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 18TH AND REGINA STREETS. AND THIS MORNING WE ARE LEARNING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 13 YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND IN HARRISBURG. POLICE SAY 13 YEAR OLD NARIAH WRIGHT, WHO WAS FROM STEELTON, WAS AMONG A GROUP OF TEENAGERS AND ADULTS THAT WERE OUT FOR A PARTY WHEN SHE WAS SHOT AND KILLED. THIS WAS JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY MORNING AT 19TH AND DERRY STREETS IN HARRISBURG. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. STILTON’S MAYOR SAYS SHE AND HER CHILDREN KNEW WRIGHT AND SPENT TIME WITH HER FAMILY. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKED UP TO HER, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS SOMEONE THAT HAD A LOT OF INFLUENCE WITH HER PEERS AND ALSO UP AT THE SCHOOL, AND I KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE A VERY HUGE LOSS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID MAKE COUNSELORS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS MOURNING WRIGHT’S DEATH, AND THIS MORNING, THE SEARCH CONTINUES IN YORK COUNTY FOR A MISSING BOY WHO FELL INTO THE YELLOW BREECHES CREEK WHILE KAYAKING TWO DAYS AGO. EMERGENCY CREWS SAY THE RESCUE OPERATION IS NOW A RECOVERY MISSION BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT’S PASSED. SO FAR, THERE’S BEEN NO SIGN OF THE BOY. THERE HAS BEEN AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH, THOUGH, ALONG THE BANKS OF THE YELLOW BREECHES K-9 UNITS, STATE POLICE BOATS, THEY’VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED. THAT SEARCH AREA IS ON THE YORK COUNTY, CUMBERLAND COUNTY LINE, AND THE ROUGH CONDITIONS THAT WERE THERE AT THE YELLOW BREECHES CREEK, THEY HAVE NOW CALMED CONSIDERABLY SINCE THAT BOY WENT MISSING TO HARRISBURG. NOW AND HAPPENING TODAY, THE CITY IS GOING TO BE CLEANING UP THE BRICK BUILDING OF THE BROAD STREET MARKET. THIS COMES AFTER AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION LAST MONTH UNRELATED TO THE FIRE THERE. NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES IS JOINING US LIVE FROM HARRISBURG TO EXPLAIN THIS. JAKE. MATT AND CAITLIN. GOOD MORNING. YEAH. ON JULY 16TH, THE CITY FOUND RATS INSIDE OF THE BRICK BUILDING. AND BECAUSE OF THIS, THE CITY SENT OUT AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION ON ON JULY 23RD, WHICH ALLOWS MORE RESOURCES TO BE DEPLOYED TO THE SITE FOR THIS CLEANUP EFFORTS TODAY. NOW, THE CITY SAYS A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HAS BEEN HIRED TO GO IN AND GUT THE BUILDING. HOWEVER, VENDORS HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO GO INSIDE TO MARK ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE SAVED. IF YOU WERE WONDERING, HERE ARE SOME OF THE CLEANUP EFFORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS MORNING. CLEANUP CREWS WILL BE REMOVING FLOORING, WALL COVERINGS, CASEWORK, LIGHT FIXTURES AND LOOSE DEBRIS. THE BATHROOMS THAT WERE INSIDE OF THE BRICK BUILDING THAT WILL ALSO BE GUTTED. NOW THIS MORNING’S CLEANUP IS HAPPENING MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE THE FIRE TORE THROUGH THE BUILDING AND THE CITY SAYS THEY UNDERSTAND THE IRRITATION COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAY HAVE WITH THE PACE OF THE REBUILD PROCESS. WE UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED. IMPATIENT. I’D BE IMPATIENT TOO. FRANKLY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. WE HEAR YOU. WE’RE NOT DISMISSING ANYONE, BUT WE ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE CAN ADDRESS THE INSIDE OF THE BRICK BUILDING. THANKS TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ON BOARD AND AN ARCHITECT IS ON THE WAY, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW. AND THE CITY SAYS OVERALL CONSTRUCTION IS STILL ON TRACK, TO BE COMPLETED BY LATE 2026 TO EARLY 2027. NOW, THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TIME TODAY OF WHEN THESE CLEANUP EFFORTS WILL TAKE PLACE. WE JUST KNOW THAT IT’S GOING TO BE HAPPENING SOMETIME THIS MORNING, SO WE’LL KEEP OUR EYES PEELED AS WE CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU LIVE COVERAGE OUT HERE FROM THE BROAD STREET MARKET. BUT FOR NOW, I’M JAKE RUIZ, REPORTING LIVE IN HARRISBURG FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT. MATT AND CAITLIN, I’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU ALL RIGHT JAKE. THANK YOU. HAPPENING TODAY IN LANCASTER COUNTY, PART OF ROUTE 897 WILL BE SHUT DOWN. THIS IS TO CLEAN UP A DIESEL SPILL. NEWS EIGHT’S J. SCOTT SMITH IS THERE LIVE IN EAST COLCALICO TOWNSHIP WITH WHAT DRIVERS NEED TO KNOW IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTY. JAY. YES. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY AND AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, IN FACT, LET ME SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING HERE. WE’RE ALONG ROUTE 897 HERE IN EAST COCALICO TOWNSHIP. WE’RE ABOUT A HALF MILE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH RIDGE ROAD. NOW, THIS CLEANUP IS GOING TO ADDRESS A DIESEL AND MOTOR OIL SPILL. AND THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF 897 IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR THIS CLEANUP. AND PENNDOT WORKERS ARE GOING TO BE OUT HERE TO DIRECT TRAFFIC IN ALTERNATING DIRECTIONS THROUGH THE WORK ZONE. THAT’S GOING TO BE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF THINGS. NOW, PENNDOT SPOKESMAN DAVE THOMPSON SAYS THEY’RE NOT QUITE SURE EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THIS PARTICULAR SPILL. BUT HE SAYS THAT THE CLEANUP IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS. A LOT OF TIMES THIS HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF A VEHICLE CRASH WHERE, UH, FOR INSTANCE, A TRACTOR TRAILER OR A TRUCK WHERE THE FUEL TANK MIGHT BE PUNCTURED, UH, DUE TO THE TO THE INCIDENT AND, AND SPILL OUT ONTO THE GROUND. AND SO IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. NOW, THOMPSON ALSO SAYS THE CLEANUP IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT TO KEEP THE FUEL FROM GETTING INTO THE GROUND AND WATER SUPPLY AND THIS CLEANUP INITIALLY WAS SCHEDULED FOR LAST THURSDAY, BUT BECAUSE OF LAST THURSDAY’S ISSUES WITH RAIN, THEY HAD TO POSTPONE IT UNTIL TODAY. SO IT’S GOING TO START TODAY AT ABOUT 8:30 A.M., AND IT’S GOING TO RUN UNTIL 3:00 P M, LIVE IN EAST COCALICO TOWNSHIP. I’M JAY SCOTT SMITH FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THANKS, JAY. THIS MORNING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, THE SECOND ROUND OF WATER TESTING IS SET TO HAPPEN AFTER A WATER MAIN BREAK IN MECHANICSBURG. THAT BREAK CAUSED A BOIL WATER ADVISORY TO BE IN EFFECT. IT IS STILL IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR PENNSYLVANIA AMERICAN WATER CUSTOMERS IN THE AREA. SO IF THE RESULTS FROM TODAY’S TESTING ARE ACCEPTABLE THAT BOIL WATER ADVISORY WILL BE LIFTED. CUSTOMERS WILL BE NOTIFIED IF THAT HAPPENS. WE’VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING, AND WE KNOW THOSE COSTS ADD UP. NOW THERE’S A GROUP IN YORK THAT’S TRYING TO HELP NEWS 8 GABRIEL THOMAS HAS BEEN LIVE AT LOGOS ACADEMY THIS MORNING WHERE A UNIFORM DRIVE IS HAPPENING. GOOD MORNING GABRIELLE. GOOD MORNING MATT AND CAITLIN BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING COULD BE A FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR SOME FAMILIES. AND THAT’S WHY I LOVE CITY MINISTRIES HAS PARTNERED WITH LOGOS ACADEMY AND OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA TO MAKE SURE EVERY CHILD HAS A FRESH, CLEAN UNIFORM FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. TODAY IS PACKING DAY AND THEY HAVE THEIR STAFF HERE PACKING UP THESE UNIFORMS. THEY HAVE BLUE UNIFORMS AND THEY HAVE BURGUNDY SHIRTS, WHITE T SHIRTS, KHAKIS, ANYTHING THE KIDS NEED TO BE READY AND EQUIPPED FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. THEY HAVE NOW I HAVE LUCAS STRAWBRIDGE HERE. HE IS THE CEO, AND THIS EVENT IS IN HONOR OF HIM. LUCAS. WHY DO YOU LIKE GIVING BACK? IT FEELS GOOD TO BLESS OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY. AWESOME. AND I ALSO HAVE A BARB ROGERS HERE. SHE’S WITH LOVE CITY MINISTRY. BARBARA. SLANG TO ME HOW THE PROCESS WORKED WITH GETTING EVERYTHING READY FOR THE KIDS AND PACKAGING THINGS, FIGURING OUT THE SIDES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WELL, OUR REGISTRATION PROCESS STARTED ON ARE WE OUR LOVE CITY? FACEBOOK PAGE AND FROM THERE, THE PARENTS AND THE CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR PERSONALIZED SELECTION OF THEIR SIZES AND THEIR COLORS FOR THE UNIFORMS. AND WE’RE SO GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE OVER 200 STUDENTS FOR THE NEW YEAR. WHAT A GREAT WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY! WELL, THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 17TH. PARENTS HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED THEIR KIDS TO GET THEIR UNIFORMS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, BUT THE GROUP IS STILL ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR DONATIONS AND OTHER EVENTS THEY’LL BE HAVING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. REPORTING LIVE HERE