Motorcyclist injured after hitting bear on Pennsylvania’s Route 66
FOR NEWS EIGHT AT FIVE. STAY RIGHT THERE. NEWS EIGHT AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. THREE DAYS AFTER POLICE SAY THEIR MOTHER WAS KILLED INSIDE THEIR HOME BY HER EX-BOYFRIEND, THE COMMUNITY AND KEISHA GONZALEZ’S COWORKERS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE HER TWO TEENAGE BOYS FEEL SUPPORTED. THE BOYS WERE HURT. NUMBER ONE MORE ABOUT THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. A MOTHER ARRESTED AFTER COCAINE WAS FOUND IN HER CHILD’S LUNCH BOX AT DAYCARE. WE’LL TELL YOU THE DETAILS OF THIS INVESTIGATION. THE STUFF THE TRUCK EVENT IS ON FOR GOODWILL, AND WHEN YOU SEE HOW MUCH WORK COLLECTING IN LANCASTER AND HERE AT YORK COUNTY, THE DONATIONS ARE POURING IN. SO MUCH. SO WE’RE WAITING FOR ANOTHER TRUCK TO STOP. AND HERE IN CAMP HILL AS WELL. PEOPLE ARE DROPPING OFF THEIR DONATIONS AND IN FACT, WE ARE LOADING UP THE TRUCK WITH EVERYTHING YOU’RE BRINGING FOR GOODWILL. A HOLIDAY TRADITION IS BACK. WHAT? YOU’LL SEE SPARKS PATRIOTIC CONCERT IN LANCASTER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 11 YEARS. WGAL NEWS EIGHT AT SIX STARTS NOW. BIG BIG NIGHT. LIVE ON WGAL TONIGHT. THE NEWS EIGHT TEAM TAKING YOUR DONATIONS AS PART OF STUFF THE TRUCK. AND WE’RE LIVE WITH THE FUNDRAISER FOR CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK. AND WE CONTINUE TO COVER THE NEWS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING FRIENDS. REMEMBERING A WOMAN SHOT AND KILLED EARLIER THIS WEEK IN LANCASTER COUNTY. SHE WAS. A VERY AMAZING PERSON. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I’M. AND I’M MICHAEL FULLER, COLLEAGUES OF KEISHA GONZALEZ ARE REMEMBERING HER AS A WARM AND DEDICATED TEAM MEMBER. NEWS EIGHT’S SARAH METZ JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE. SARAH. SHE WORKED HERE AT AXLE FUNDING FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. GROWING CLOSE WITH COWORKERS AND CUSTOMERS. THEY TELL ME THE LAST THREE DAYS WITHOUT HER HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. SHE LEFT AN EMPTY SPACE. AND I’M ONLY HERE. BUT IN OUR HEARTS, YOU KNOW, SHE LEFT HER MARK. SHE LEFT HER MARK. FROM THE MINUTE KEISHA GONZALEZ WALKED INTO WORK. HEY, BABES. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND? TO THE SECOND SHE LEFT? I. THAT WAS HER FAVORITE THING. IT’S NOT WHAT SHE SAID. IT’S HOW SHE SAID IT THAT MADE YOU GO AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. KEISHA TOOK OFF WORK ON MONDAY, A RARE TREAT. JASMINE DALI SAYS SHE DIDN’T DO OFTEN. SHE TOOK VACATION MONDAY JUST FOR HERSELF TO GIVE HERSELF TIME AND ENJOY HERSELF. MANHEIM BOROUGH POLICE SAY THAT MORNING AROUND 730, HER EX-BOYFRIEND SHOWED UP TO HER APARTMENT ON NORTH MAIN STREET AND KILLED HER. WHEN WE FOUND OUT, WE ALL LOST IT HERE. AND I’M STILL NUMB. WHILE SHE WAS KNOWN AS AXL FUNDING’S OFFICE MANAGER, HER COWORKERS SAY HER FAVORITE TITLE WAS MOM. HER VOICE WAS NUMBER ONE. I MEAN, WE SAW THESE KIDS GROW HERE, AND IT BREAKS OUR HEARTS TO KNOW THAT THEY DON’T HAVE THEIR MOM THERE ANYMORE. THEY PUT UP THESE POSTERS FOR KEISHA ALONG WITH A CASH BOX AT EDNA’S DESK. THEY TELL ME ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO HER TWO TEENAGERS. ANYTHING HELPS. IT’S FOR THESE KIDS. YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT GOING TO BRING THEIR MOM BACK. BUT IT GIVES THEM A PEACE OF MIND THAT THEY HAVE SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON. HER FRIENDS ALSO SET UP VENMO, PAYPAL, AND CASH APP ACCOUNTS, AND THEY TELL ME ALSO THAT ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE GOING RIGHT BACK TO HER TWO CHILDREN. WE PUT UP THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AT WGAL.COM. IN LANCASTER COUNTY, SARAH METZ, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. SARAH, WHAT A HEARTWARMING STORY. THANK YOU. WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES REMEMBERED 17 YEAR OLD KAMARA CORDERO, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE GETTING OFF A SCHOOL BUS LAST WEEK IN HARRISBURG. NEWS EIGHT’S AJ SISON WAS THERE AND JOINS US LIVE. AJ MICHAEL, WE’RE AT THE CORNER NOW OF NORTH SIXTH AND EMERALD STREETS, THE SCENE WHERE 17 YEAR OLD KAMARA CORDERO WAS SHOT AND KILLED JUST THIS LAST FRIDAY. POLICE SAY, BY A 16 YEAR-OLD JEREMIAH MORAN. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE I COUNTED WERE HERE FOR A BALLOON RELEASE FOR KAMARA. CORDERO. ALL COUNTING DOWN FROM TEN AND SAYING WE LOVE YOU KUMAR AS THEY RELEASED BALLOONS. FAMILIES SAY IN A SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE. YOU’RE WATCHING THE BALLOON RELEASE RIGHT NOW. FAMILIES SAY HERE THAT IT WAS A SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE. PASTORS SPEAKING SAID THAT EMOTIONS HERE WERE FILLED WITH LOVE, BUT MANY FELT CONFUSION AS TO HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN. KAMARA WAS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS AN ASPIRING TATTOO ARTIST WHO PLAYED VIDEO GAMES AND LOVED MUSIC, AND ALSO LOVED HIS MOM. WE SAW POLICE COMMISSIONER FOR HARRISBURG BUREAU POLICE THOMAS CARTER AS WELL, STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVE MATTSON AND STATE SENATOR PATTY KIM HERE OFFERING SUPPORT TO THE FAMILY AS WELL. WE ALSO INTERVIEWED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE INTERVIEWED PASTORS AND THOSE OFFERING SERVICES FOR THOSE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE’LL HAVE A FULL STORY TONIGHT BOTH AT TEN AND 11 IN HARRISBURG. AJ SISON, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AJ THANK YOU. AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AFTER COCAINE WAS FOUND IN A LUNCH BAG AT A YORK COUNTY DAYCARE. NEWS EIGHT’S MARCY WALSH SPOKE WITH POLICE AND JOINS US LIVE FROM THE POLICE STATION. MARCY, THIS MEAN THAT CHILD WAS LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD? OFFICERS HERE AT THE CARROLL TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT TELL ME, NOT ONLY IS THE SITUATION SHOCKING. IT’S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. THEY’VE SEEN. IT WAS SHOCKING. ALARMING. A TWO YEAR OLD WALKING IN WITH, YOU KNOW, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. AN EMPLOYEE AT THE DAYCARE FOUND THE BAGGIE IN A POCKET OF THE CHILD’S LUNCH BAG AND CALLED POLICE. THAT TRIGGERED A SEARCH OF THE CHILD’S MOTHER’S HOME, WHICH LED TO AN ARREST OF EMILY ARTER AND HER BOYFRIEND, JOEL RODRIGUEZ MELENDEZ, ON A SLEW OF CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO THIS CASE. POLICE SAY PARAPHERNALIA AND DRUGS WERE IN REACH OF CHILDREN IN THAT HOME, AND CARROLL TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY GOT A TIP THAT ARTER WAS, QUOTE, SUPPLYING COCAINE TO MOST OF DILLSBURG. THAT WAS A TIP THAT THE YORK COUNTY SHERIFF’S RECEIVED, WHICH WAS FORWARDED TO US. I TALKED TO THE MANAGER OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK WHERE ARTER LIVED. HE TOLD ME THERE HAD BEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT RESIDENTS, SAYING NEIGHBORS WOULD SEE PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE, AND THEY WEREN’T STAYING FOR LONG. AT THE TIME OF THE SEARCH, POLICE SAY THERE WERE FOUR CHILDREN IN THE HOME, ALL UNDER THE AGE OF TEN. THERE’S ALWAYS CONCERN. WE CONTACTED CHILDREN, YOUTH THROUGH CHILDLINE AND THEY’RE ALSO INVESTIGATING THIS AS WELL. AND POLICE SAY THOSE CHILDREN ARE IN THE CARE OF RESPONSIBLE ADULTS. I DID CALL THE DAYCARE WHERE THIS ALL HAPPENED AND THEY SAID THEY’RE NOT COMMENTING BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, BUT THEY ARE RELIEVED TO KNOW THAT THE
Motorcyclist injured after hitting bear on Pennsylvania’s Route 66
Updated: 8:16 PM EDT Jun 3, 2026
A motorcyclist was injured after colliding with a bear on Route 66 in Bethel Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. View News 8 headlines in the video player above. The crash happened Tuesday night along the highway, which is not the famous Route 66. The driver was flown to the hospital.There is no word on the rider’s condition or what happened to the bear.
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
A motorcyclist was injured after colliding with a bear on Route 66 in Bethel Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
View News 8 headlines in the video player above.
The crash happened Tuesday night along the highway, which is not the famous Route 66.
The driver was flown to the hospital.
There is no word on the rider’s condition or what happened to the bear.