‘Juvenile male’ riding scooter hit and killed

IT IS 655. TIME FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT TO GO. AND LET’S GET THINGS STARTED WITH GABRIELLE. GOOD MORNING. I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, LIVE HERE AT PARKWAY VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE STATION. FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, THE STATION HAS BEEN HOSTING ITS PORK AND SAUERKRAUT DINNER, HOPING TO BRING SOME GOOD LUCK TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO START THE NEW YEAR. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE PORK AND SAUERKRAUT DINNER, IT STARTS AT TEN AND WRAPS UP AT FIVE. I HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON MY FACEBOOK. OUR STOMACHS ARE GRUMBLING. GABRIELLE, LET ME SHOW YOU A LIVE PICTURE IN HERSHEY RIGHT NOW. THAT SNOW SQUALL BLEW THROUGH THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY OVERNIGHT, COATED THE ROADS. NOW TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE 20S, SO WATCH OUT FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLICK, ICY ROADS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. NO COUNTY LEFT UNTURNED HERE. IT’S ALSO WINDY, AND THAT’S GOING TO IMPACT HOW COLD IT FEELS LATER TODAY. HERE’S THAT SNOW SQUALL IT IS JUST BOOKING ALMOST OFF THE EAST COAST RIGHT NOW. IT CAME THROUGH JUST HOWLING OVERNIGHT, COATING SNOW ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SO RIGHT NOW TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE 20S. WHEN YOU FACTOR IN A 10 TO 20 MILE PER HOUR BREEZE, IT FEELS LIKE THE TEENS EVEN SINGLE DIGITS RIGHT NOW IN SELINSGROVE FEELS LIKE 11. CURRENTLY IN HARRISBURG. SO YOU GET THE IDEA. IT’S GOING TO BE A COLD START TO THE NEW YEAR. OUR HIGH TODAY 28 UNDER PARTLY SUNNY SKIES, BUT WIND CHILLS REMAIN IN THE TEENS ALL DAY. NOW COMING UP, WE’LL TALK ABOUT A WARM-UP THAT’S COMING NEXT WEEK. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WANTED TO SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, SEVERAL AREAS TO WATCH OUT FOR. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS CRASH IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY DID CLEAR, BUT WE DO KNOW OF ONE INCIDENT IN LEBANON COUNTY. I-81 NORTHBOUND BEFORE I-78 EXIT 89. ALSO AN OVERTURNED TRACTOR TRAILER THERE ON I-81 NORTHBOUND BEFORE ROUTE 94. WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW THAT’S LOOKING. APOLOGIES FOR THE SHAKY CAMERA THERE. EARL TOWNSHIP IN LANCASTER COUNTY, THERE IS A CRASH ON DIVISION HIGHWAY ROUTE 322 AT RAILROAD AVENUE. ALSO, CORNWALL TOWNSHIP IN LEBANON COUNTY. ROUTE 322, MOUNT WILSON ROAD. WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING SOME OF THOSE SNOWY ROADS ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. STILL PRETTY TRICKY OUT THERE. WE’LL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU AT 725. ALSO, FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING OUT OF LANCASTER, WHERE NUMBER ONE DISPATCHERS SAY CREWS RESPONDED TO A CRASH IN THE CITY, DISPATCHERS SAY A DRIVER CRASHED AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST KING AND NORTH SHIPPEN STREETS JUST BEFORE 230 THIS MORNING. THEY SAY THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, THEN HIT SEVERAL PARKED CARS. DISPATCHERS DID NOT SAY IF ANYONE WAS HURT. BREAKING OVERNIGHT IN YORK COUNTY, 911 DISPATCHERS SAY FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT AN APARTMENT FIRE DISPATCHERS SAY PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE WERE RESCUED FROM THE HOME, BUT IT’S UNCLEAR IF THEY WERE HURT. DISPATCHERS SAY THIS STARTED AROUND 1215 THIS MORNING ON NORTH OAK STREET BETWEEN COLLINS ALLEY AND WAYNE AVENUE. OVERNIGHT IN LEBANON COUNTY, A VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND IT INVOLVED FIREWORKS. DISPATCHERS SAY THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 1230 ON SHAWNEE MOUNTAIN ROAD IN NORTH ANNEVILLE TOWNSHIP. THEY SAY EITHER A BOX TRUCK OR VAN CAUGHT FIRE AND THEN FIREWORKS INSIDE THAT VEHICLE STARTED GOING OFF. THEY SAY NO ONE WAS HURT. YORK COUNTY DISPATCHERS SAY YORK CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING. DISPATCHERS SAY THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT ON EAST CLARK AVENUE, A SIDE STREET BETWEEN MARKET STREET AND LINCOLN HIGHWAY. WE DID REACH OUT TO YORK POLICE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT INJURIES OR A POSSIBLE SUSPECT, BUT ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK. AND TODAY, A NEW YEAR’S DAY TRADITION CONTINUES IN HARRISBURG, WHERE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF HARRISBURG AREA IS HAVING ITS PENGUIN PLUNGE. PEOPLE. YEAH, EVEN IN THIS COLD WEATHER, WILL BE JUMPING INTO THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT NOON TODAY AT THE HARRISBURG BEACH CLUB ON CITY ISLAND. SO FAR, THE FUNDRAISER HAS RAISED MORE THAN $43,000, HOPING TO REACH ITS $60,000 GOAL BY THE END OF THE DAY. BY THE END OF THE PLUNGE, YOU STILL CAN REGISTER IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT PLUNGE, YOU CAN DO SO AT 10:00 STARTING AT 10:00 ON CITY ISLAND. CHRISTINE, WOULD YOU DO THAT? NO, SIR. I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD. THAT IS COLD. ABSOLUTELY. I’LL JUMP INTO BOILING WATER. RIGHT? YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THE ICY WATER. THE HOT TUB. HOT TUB PLUNGE. LET ME SHOW YOU OUR NEW YEAR’S DAY FORECAST. WE WILL SEE CLEARING SKIES THIS MORNING. SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES. OTHERWISE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES INTO THE AFTERNOON. IT’S GOING TO FEEL LIKE THE TEENS TODAY, GUYS. ALL DAY LONG AND WINDS FINALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT, A FEW PASSING FLURRIES. THEN WE SHOULD SEE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AGAIN. FRIDAY SATURDAY, SOME MORNING SUN, THEN INCREASING CLOUDS. SAME DEAL ON SUNDAY IT LOOKS PARTLY SUNNY NEXT WEEK THOUGH. ALL EYES ON THOSE 40S BECAUSE WE DON’T JUST GET 1 OR 2, WE GET A LONG STRETCH OF 40S THERE AND IT COMES WITH SOME RAIN CHANCES. SOME SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY. BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. MAYBE I PLUNGE THEN. YEAH. NOT TODAY. ARE YOU SURE

A van hit and killed a juvenile riding a scooter in Lancaster County on New Year’s Eve.Video above: Top stories, weather forecast from WGAL News 8.The crash happened around 6 p.m. on Churchtown Road south of Mast Road in Salisbury Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police.PSP said a Dodge Caravan heading south on Churchtown Road hit the “juvenile male” from behind. The rider was thrown from his scooter and landed on the edge of the road. The victim was taken to Reading Hospital in critical condition. He later died from his injuries. Police did not release the victim’s name or age. The Caravan was towed from the scene and state police are investigating the crash.Below: Latest available data

SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

A van hit and killed a juvenile riding a scooter in Lancaster County on New Year’s Eve.

Video above: Top stories, weather forecast from WGAL News 8.

The crash happened around 6 p.m. on Churchtown Road south of Mast Road in Salisbury Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

PSP said a Dodge Caravan heading south on Churchtown Road hit the “juvenile male” from behind.

The rider was thrown from his scooter and landed on the edge of the road.

The victim was taken to Reading Hospital in critical condition. He later died from his injuries.

Police did not release the victim’s name or age.

The Caravan was towed from the scene and state police are investigating the crash.

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