Multi-vehicle crash shuts down Route 30 in Lancaster County, halts traffic
IT IS 656. TIME FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT TO GO TO NEWS EIGHT TODAY. TEAM IS ALL HERE TO HELP YOU START YOUR DAY. WE START IN HARRISBURG WHERE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY SHOOTING THERE. POLICE SAY A MAN DIED AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN THE AREA OF NORTH 18TH AND PARK STREET AROUND SIX LAST NIGHT. WITNESSES SAY IT STARTED AS A FIGHT BETWEEN THE SHOOTER AND THE VICTIM BEFORE THE SHOOTER RAN ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN SHOT AT THE MAN. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IF ANYONE WAS ARRESTED TONIGHT IN YORK. YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON A FIRING OF A YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER AFTER THEY SAY HE WAS ARRESTED IN SEPTEMBER. CITY COUNCIL SAYS THE POLICE COMMISSIONER NOTIFIED THEM THAT OFFICER STEVEN MARTIN WAS ARRESTED AND REQUESTED CITY COUNCIL TO FIRE HIM SINCE THEY APPOINTED HIM AS AN OFFICER. COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL STEVEN MARTIN WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD ON SEPTEMBER 24TH. GOOD MORNING, I’M GABRIEL THOMAS, LIVE HERE AT THE YWCA IN LANCASTER, AND LANCASTER COUNTY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING AN ONGOING HOUSING CRISIS. THE YWCA IS STEPPING UP TO FILL THE GAP BY BUILDING 16 NEW HOUSING UNITS FOR THOSE IN NEED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT OR DONATE TO THE YWCA TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS IN HELPING TO HOUSE PEOPLE, YOU CAN FIND THAT LINK ON MY FACEBOOK. ALL RIGHT, OUR YORK SKYCAM SHOWING CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AS THE SUN IS SLOWLY RISING. IT WILL BE UP AROUND 725. CALM WINDS, CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT TO CALM WINDS HAS LED TO A REALLY CHILLY START THIS MORNING. WE HAVE 36 IN YORK, 34 IN LEWISTOWN, 41 IN CARLISLE AND CHAMBERSBURG, 40 DEGREES IN YORK. BUT HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR SOUTH AND THE FLOW AROUND THAT HIGH WILL BRING IN SOME MILDER AIR. COLD FRONT OFF TO THE WEST WILL COME IN LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. SO ENJOY THE NICE WARM UP UPPER 60S WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. CLOUDS WILL COME IN AND THEN WE’LL SEE SHOWERS THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT 46 AND DRY TOMORROW. WE’RE LOOKING AT CHILLIER TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE UPPER 50S. WE’RE FOLLOWING THREE CRASHES ON THE MAP RIGHT NOW. LET’S BEGIN IN YORK COUNTY, WHERE WE DO HAVE THIS CRASH THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU AT 462, WHICH IS MARKET STREET AND FRANKLIN STREET. THAT’S REPORTED IN HANOVER BOROUGH THERE. WE ALSO HAVE A CRASH HERE ON JONESTOWN ROAD EASTBOUND AT 83, WHICH IS EXIT 50 THERE. AND THE LAST ONE HERE, ALSO IN THE HARRISBURG AREA. AND YOU CAN SEE A BACKUP THERE ON 83. THIS IS ONE LANE BLOCKED BECAUSE OF A CRASH 83 NORTH BEFORE EXIT 41 B FOR THIRD STREET. THIS MORNING WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A DEADLY CRASH IN SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP. YORK COUNTY POLICE SAY THIS CRASH HAPPENED ON ROUTE 30 EASTBOUND NEAR MOUNT ZION ROAD JUST BEFORE 930 YESTERDAY MORNING, THE YORK COUNTY CORONER SAYS. TIMOTHY FRISBY, WHO WAS 61, DIED IN THAT CRASH. THE CORONER SAYS FRISBY WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT AN ELECTRIC SIGN. THE CORONER SAYS HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, AND HE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE PICKUP TRUCK. ALL RIGHT, IT’S CHILLY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT LATER TODAY, HIGHS ARE CLIMBING IN THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 DEGREES WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. A FEW MORE CLOUDS THIS EVENING, ALONG WITH SOME SHOWERS AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ON THROUGH THE AREA. AND THAT’S GOING TO BRING HIGHS INTO THE 50S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS LIKE THIS MORNING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. YEAH, CHILLY START TO THE DAY, BUT TODAY AT LEAST MILDER. AND ENJOY IT BECAUSE TEMPERATURES DROP ABO
Multi-vehicle crash shuts down Route 30 in Lancaster County, halts traffic
Updated: 8:51 AM EDT Oct 21, 2025
A multi-vehicle crash shut down a stretch of Route 30 in Lancaster County on Tuesday, according to emergency dispatchers. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.The wreck happened in the eastbound lanes near the Centerville Road exit in East Hempfield Township at 7:50 a.m. Dispatch said at least three vehicles were involved. The extent of injuries is unknown at this time. Route 30 closedDue to the crash, all lanes of Route 30 eastbound are closed between the Mountville/Stoney Battery Road exit and the Route 741/Millersville/Rohrerstown exit. Dispatch said the highway is expected to be shut down for an extended time. Traffic is severely backed up in the area. Expect increasing delays. WGAL is working to learn more. Stay with us for updates. For live traffic updates, click here. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
EAST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
A multi-vehicle crash shut down a stretch of Route 30 in Lancaster County on Tuesday, according to emergency dispatchers.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
The wreck happened in the eastbound lanes near the Centerville Road exit in East Hempfield Township at 7:50 a.m.
Dispatch said at least three vehicles were involved. The extent of injuries is unknown at this time.
PennDOT
Crash on Route 30 eastbound
Route 30 closed
Due to the crash, all lanes of Route 30 eastbound are closed between the Mountville/Stoney Battery Road exit and the Route 741/Millersville/Rohrerstown exit.
Dispatch said the highway is expected to be shut down for an extended time.
Traffic is severely backed up in the area. Expect increasing delays.
WGAL is working to learn more. Stay with us for updates.
PennDOT
Traffic at a standstill in the eastbound lanes
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