Crash reported in Leaco*ck Township, Lancaster County (2024)

ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT AT NOON STARTS NOW. AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I’M BRIAN ROACH, THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND UPON US A TIME TO HONOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOM. THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS ALSO A MAJOR TRAVEL TIME. NEARLY 44 MILLION AMERICANS ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND, MOSTLY BY CAR. NEWS EIGHT HAS TEAM COVERAGE OF THE TRAVEL DAY HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. OR SHOULD WE CALL IT THE TRAVEL WEEKEND? BOTH IN THE AIR AND ON THE ROADS? WE BEGIN OUR TEAM COVERAGE ON THE ROADS WITH NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIEL THOMAS. IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND, GET READY TO SET IN SOME HEAVY TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION BECAUSE EXPERTS SAY THIS IS THE HIGHEST MEMORIAL DAY TRAVEL WEEKEND SINCE 2005. I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME TIPS FROM TRIPLE A TO MAKE SURE YOUR TRAVEL IS SMOOTH. YOU SHOULD LEAVE TODAY BEFORE 7 A.M. AND AFTER 9 A.M. TO AVOID MIXING WITH EVERYDAY COMMUTERS. THE WEATHER IS UNPREDICTABLE, SO IT’S IMPORTANT TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FORECAST TO AVOID SITTING IN TRAFFIC FOR LONG PERIODS. YOU COULD POSSIBLY BE TRAVELING THROUGH WORK ZONES, AND EXPERTS SAY YOU SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND MOVE OVER FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. WE SPOKE TO TRIPLE A AND THEY SAY IT’S BEST TO PLAN AHEAD. THE BUSIEST TIME IS GOING TO BE FRIDAY. FRIDAY MORNINGS BETWEEN 7 AND 9. DURING THAT COMMUTER HOUR, AND THEN ON YOUR RETURN TRIP HOME, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. THAT’S WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING BACK FROM THEIR DESTINATIONS. TRIPLE A SAYS 44 MILLION PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND AND THAT IS 1 MILLION MORE THAN 2019. 38.4 MILLION WILL TRAVEL BY CAR AND TRIPLE A SAYS THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE 2009. AS OF MAY 21ST, DRIVERS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN GAS PRICES, $0.10 MORE THAN LAST YEAR. AS ALWAYS, JUST MAKE SURE YOU’RE DRIVING SAFE AND KEEPING THAT GAS TANK FULL BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHILE YOU’RE OUT THERE ON THE ROAD IN MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, GABRIEL THOMAS WGAL NEWS EIGHT. YESTERDAY WAS THE SECOND BUSIEST DAY AT AIRPORTS IN THE U.S. EVER. THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT’S SCREENED 2.93 2.93 MILLION PASSENGERS THAT DAY. IT RANKS SECOND TO THE SUNDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING LAST YEAR, WHICH IS TYPICALLY THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAY OF EACH YEAR. THE AGENCY PREDICTS TODAY WILL SEE EVEN HIGHER NUMBERS THAN THURSDAY. OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES. HE IS AT THE HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IT’S NOT BUSY RIGHT NOW, BUT ALL SUMMER LONG IT WILL GET BUSIER AT THE HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHICH MEANS YOU SHOULD PLAN AHEAD AND EXPECT LONG LINES AT THE TSA CHECKPOINT. THESE BUSY TRENDS START WITH MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AROUND 530 THIS MORNING. THE LINE FOR SECURITY SURPASSED ITS ENTRY POINT AS MANY WAITED TO GET THEIR BOARDING PASSES AND BAGS CHECKED FOR SEVERAL FLIGHTS THAT WERE TAKING OFF BEFORE 7 A.M. THE HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SAYS ABOUT 23,000 PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND OUT OF THE AIRPORT THIS WEEKEND, A RECORD SINCE 2019. BUT SUMMER TRAVELERS ARE EXPECTED TO RAMP UP EVEN MORE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS. THE HIA SAYS THIS IS BECAUSE OF A HIGHER DEMAND FOR TRAVEL THIS YEAR. FARES WILL BE DOWN VERSUS WHERE THEY WERE A YEAR AGO AT THIS TIME BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE’S MORE FLIGHTS, MORE SEATS AVAILABLE FOR SALE, MORE COMPETITION. SO OVERALL, IT’S A VERY STRONG SUMMER AND A VERY, VERY BUSY KICKOFF TO THE FALL SEASON. IN ADDITION TO MORE FLIGHTS, THE AIRPLANES COMING TO HIRE THIS YEAR ARE BIGGER, ALLOWING FOR MORE BOOKINGS TO POPULAR DESTINATIONS LIKE ORLANDO. AND BECAUSE OF THIS INCREASE IN TRAVEL, YOU SHOULD PLAN TO ARRIVE AT THE AIRPORT TWO HOURS AHEAD OF YOUR FLIGHTS AND MAKE SURE YOU CHECK YOUR AIRLINE APP FOR ANY UPDATES THAT MAY OCCUR. REPORTING AT THE HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT JAKE REYES, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. GOT GAS? WELL, IF YOU DON’T, YOU NEED TO FILL UP BEFORE YOU LEAVE. HERE’S WHAT TO EXPECT. THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR IS HIGHEST RIGHT NOW IN YORK, AT $3.86 A GALLON, $0.86 A GALLON. LANCASTER’S JUST BELOW THAT AT $3.80. THE AVERAGE PRICE IS THE SAME IN LEBANON AND HARRISBURG. 377 SO HERE’S A QR CODE FOR YOU THAT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO OUR MEMORIAL DAY TRAVEL INFORMATION ONLINE. AT WJHL.COM REGINA AHN. THERE YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE VERY LATEST INFORMATION ON ANY CRASHES AND CLOSURES THAT MAY AFFECT YOUR DRIVE. AND AS FOR THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND, GET READY FOR A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. HERE’S METEOROLOGIST MARY ELLEN PENN. A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. YEAH, I WOULD SAY SO. AND WE’RE STARTING OFF PRETTY NICE RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO THE HUMIDITY WE HAD THIS MORNING AND THE CLOUDS THAT WE HAD COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH THE VALLEY EARLIER TODAY. AND THE DEW POINTS HAVE COME WAY DOWN AND LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER. YOU CAN SEE PITTSBURGH. LOTS OF GUYS. IT IS JUST FEELING QUITE NICE OUT THERE. COLD FRONT IS DOWN ACROSS PORTIONS OF MARYLAND AND THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND THE SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. BUT WE ARE DRY ACROSS THE STATE AND WE’LL STAY THAT WAY THE REST OF THE EVENING. AND REALLY, NOT LOOKING TOO BAD AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AND SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING. EVEN THOUGH WE’VE GOT LOW HUMIDITY OUT THERE. IT’S GOING TO FEEL WARM. 85 IN CARLISLE RIGHT NOW, 81 IN YORK AND LANCASTER. GETTYSBURG AT 81 DEGREES. LOOK AT THOSE DEW POINTS. WE WERE IN THE MID 60S. NOW WE’RE IN THE 40S AND 50S. SO FEELING VERY, VERY NICE OUT THERE. QUITE PLEASANT. YOUR NEXT 12 HOUR FORECAST CALLS FOR SUNSHINE TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE MID 80S. WE’RE LOOKING AT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES ON THE MILD SIDE IN THE LOW 60S. I’LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE HUMIDITY RETURNS AND WHEN OUR STORM CHANCES WILL BE RAMPING BACK UP AS WE HEAD FURTHER INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON A PEDESTRIAN THAT WAS HIT AND KILLED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY LAST NIGHT. STATE POLICE JUST IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 77 YEAR OLD JOHN STOTTLEMYER OF MERCERSBURG. TROOPERS SAY THAT HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN PETERS TOWNSHIP JUST AFTER TEN LAST NIGHT WHEN A CAR HIT HIM ON LAMAR ROAD NEAR MYERS ROAD. STATE POLICE TELL US THAT HE WAS JUST WALKING FROM HIS RESIDENCE. NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN YORK COUNTY. A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD AFTER A VEHICLE FIRE IN NORTHERN YORK COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE SAY THE BODY OF 55 YEAR-OLD THOMAS ROONEY WAS FOUND INSIDE A BURNED OUT MINIVAN JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN THE 2400 BLOCK OF PIN OAK DRIVE IN MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. IN CHESTER, DELAWARE COUNTY, A BUSINESS OPENED ONCE AGAIN TODAY AFTER BEING THE SITE OF A MASS SHOOTING ON WEDNESDAY THAT LEFT TWO OF ITS WORKERS DEAD AND THREE OTHERS HURT. POLICE SAY A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING ON WEDNESDAY AT THE FAMILY OWNED LINEN COMPANY. THEY SAY SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS HIM CALM AND METHODICAL WHILE FIRING HIS HANDGUN. HE’S NOW FACING HOMICIDE CHARGES. LEADERS IN CHESTER WERE AT THAT BUSINESS YESTERDAY TALKING WITH WORKERS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ON GRIEF AND TRAUMA SUPPORT. NEW AT NOON, THE TOP UNITED NATIONS COURT HAS ORDERED ISRAEL TO IMMEDIATELY HALT MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA CITY OF RAFAH, BUT STOPPED SHORT OF ORDERING A FULL CEASE FIRE. ISRAEL IS UNLIKELY TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER. MEANWHILE, ISRAEL’S ARMY SAYS THE BODIES OF THREE MORE HOSTAGES KILLED ON OCTOBER THE 7TH WERE RECOVERED OVERNIGHT IN GAZA. THE ARMY SAYS THEY WERE KILLED ON THE DAY OF THE ATTACK, AND THEIR BODIES WERE TAKEN TO GAZA. HAMAS LED MILITANTS KILLED AROUND 1200 PEOPLE, MANY CIVILIANS, AND ABDUCTED AROUND 250 OTHERS IN THAT OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK. HANAN WAS PARTYING WITH HIS FRIENDS AT THE NOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL. HE WAS MURDERED BY HAMAS TERRORISTS AND HIS BODY WAS TAKEN INTO GAZA. MICHELLE AND ISRAELI AND BRAZILIAN CITIZEN WAS ON HIS WAY TO PICK UP HIS FOUR YEAR OLD GRANDSON, GRAND DAUGHTER. HE WAS MURDERED BY. HAMAS TERRORISTS AND HIS BODY WAS TAKEN INTO GAZA. ORIANA HERNANDEZ, A TOURIST FROM MEXICO WITH FRENCH CITIZENSHIP, WAS PARTYING IN THE WAS PARTYING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND SHANI LUKE AT THE NOVEL MUSIC MUSIC FESTIVAL. SHANI AND ORIAN WERE CELEBRATING LIFE IN THE NOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL. THEY WERE BOTH MURDERED BY HAMAS TERRORISTS AND THEIR BODIES WERE TAKEN INTO GAZA. AROUND HALF OF THE HOSTAGES TAKEN BY HAMAS HAVE SINCE BEEN FREED. RIGHT NOW, COLLEGE CAMPUSES COAST TO COAST ARE SEEING NEW PROTESTS IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE. AT HARVARD, DOZENS STAGED A WALKOUT DURING GRADUATION YESTERDAY. WHILE IN CALIFORNIA, UCLA SAW POLICE BREAK UP A SECOND ENCAMPMENT JUST WEEKS AFTER A VIOLENT COUNTER-PROTEST. THERE. MORGAN CHESKY HAS MORE FOR US FROM UCLA ON THE UCLA CAMPUS. TENSIONS FLARING YET AGAIN OVER THE WAR IN GAZA. POLICE CLASHING WITH PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS THURSDAY MOVING QUICKLY TO CLEAR A MAKESHIFT ENCAMPMENT, TURNING BACK HUNDREDS OF DEMONSTRATORS. THE OCCUPATION OF THE ACADEMIC BUILDING ONLY LASTED HOURS BUT FOLLOWED ANOTHER STANDOFF IN WASHINGTON, WHERE UCLA CHANCELLOR GENE BLOCK FACED TOUGH QUESTIONS ON CAPITOL HILL OVER THE PROTESTS. SEEMINGLY UNAWARE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT HIS OWN SCHOOL. THERE IS NO ENCAMPMENT AT AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO DEMONSTRATIONS THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC. THE UNIVERSITY LATER ACKNOWLEDGING THURSDAY’S CLASH, SAYING THERE IS REASONABLE CAUSE TO FIND THAT DEMONSTRATORS ACTIVITIES ARE DISRUPTING CAMPUS OPERATIONS. UNIVERSITY LEADERS FROM RUTGERS AND NORTHWESTERN ALSO FACED CRITICISM, MOSTLY FROM REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ACCUSING THEM OF BEING TOO SOFT ON PRO-PALESTINE ACTIVISTS. YOU DECIDED NEGOTIATE A SWEETHEART DEAL WITH PRO-HAMAS STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS TO DENY OCTOBER 7TH. DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR SINGLING OUT UCLA CHANCELLOR OVER AN ATTACK BY COUNTER-PROTESTERS LATE LAST MONTH ON A PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENT. WHY DID YOU NOT IMMEDIATELY SEND THE POLICE THAT WERE STANDING BY? WE TRIED THAT INCIDENT NOW BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. THE UCLA POLICE CHIEF ALREADY REMOVED FROM HIS POSITION OVER THE SITUATION ON THE PROTEST MOVEMENT, ALSO IMPACTING GRADUATION CEREMONIES AT HARVARD. HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WALKING OUT IN PROTEST OF THE SCHOOL’S DECISION TO BAR SOME STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN PRO-PALESTINE ENCAMPMENTS FROM GRADUATING THIS SEMESTER. OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OUR EXPRESSIONS OF SOLIDARITY BECAME PUNISHABLE. NEW AT NOON AND COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE. THE WHITE HOUSE IS REPORTING THAT NEXT WEDNESDAY, MAY 29TH, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL TRAVEL TO PHILADELPHIA FOR A CAMPAIGN EVENT. NO OTHER DETAILS, THOUGH, ON THAT VISIT, HAVE BEEN RELEASED. THE BIDEN AND TRUMP CAMPAIGNS ARE CONVERGING, WITH BOTH CANDIDATES MAKING AN EFFORT TO COURT MINORITY VOTERS. NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LU HAS MORE ON THIS FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. JOE BIDEN RELEASED NEW ADS TARGETING TRUMP’S RECORD ON RACE, WHILE THE FORMER PRESIDENT RALLIED IN A DIVERSE PART OF NEW YORK CITY. THE LOVE FEST. WE LOVE YOU, AN ATTEMPT TO WOO MINORITY VOTERS. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN THE CITY’S SOUTH BRONX ON THURSDAY. THESE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY, RAILED ON THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS IN THE HEAVILY BLUE STATE. THE BIGGEST IMPACT AND THE BIGGEST NEGATIVE IMPACT IS AGAINST OUR BLACK POPULATION AND OUR HISPANIC POPULATION. WHO ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS, LOSING THEIR HOUSING, LOSING EVERYTHING THEY CAN LOSE. DISRESPECTING BLACK FOLK IS NOTHING NEW. WHILE IN A NEW TV. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE’D BE SAYING IF IT HAD BEEN BLACK FOLKS WHO ATTACKED THE CAPITOL AND RADIO AD? THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN REMINDED BLACK VOTERS WHAT COULD BE AT STAKE COME NOVEMBER. IT’S WHY TRUMP STOOD WITH VIOLENT WHITE SUPREMACISTS, BOTH CANDIDATES TRYING TO MAKE INROADS IN PLACES THEY TRADITIONALLY DON’T DO WELL, AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR THE OTHER TO WIN VOTES, MAKE PEOPLE COMPETE IN STATES THAT THEY DON’T NEED SO THAT THEY LIMIT THE RESOURCES THAT CAN BE USED IN OTHER STATES. POLLS SUGGEST THAT MORE YOUNG BLACK AND HISPANIC VOTERS ARE NOW LEANING TOWARDS TRUMP SHRINKING BIDEN’S LEAD AMONG MINORITY VOTERS IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU WGAL NEWS EIGHT CHECKING WALL STREET THIS MIDDAY FRIDAY. UP ACROSS THE BOARD, THE DOW IS UP 94, ALMOST 95 POINTS. THE NASDAQ IS UP 174, AND THE S&P 500 UP 36. COMING UP IT’S STORM CLEANUP TIME FOR PART OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY WHERE TREE LIMBS CAME DOWN ON POWER LINES. ALSO AHEAD THIS LANCASTER COUNTY PARK IS POPULAR FOR GUESTS. ALL YEAR LONG. NOW, COMMUNITY LEADERS SAY THEY’VE GOT A NEW TOOL TO HELP MAKE SURE THEIR VISITO