Male taken to hospital after getting arm trapped in corn picker in Lancaster County, Pa.

Male taken to hospital after getting arm trapped in corn picker in Lancaster County

INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO HIM. IT IS 6:00, AND WE’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR HERSHEY SKY CAM AS WE SAY. GOOD MORNING TO DAUPHIN COUNTY ON THIS THURSDAY. HI, EVERYBODY. I’M MATT BARCARO. I’M KATELYN SMITH. METEOROLOGIST MIKE SUSKO SAID TODAY WAS GOING TO BE BREEZY, AND WE’RE SEEING THOSE FLAGS. YEAH, THEY’RE STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A WORKOUT HERE AS WE GO INTO THE MORNING, GUYS. AND THAT’S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HERE. SO WE WILL BE WATCHING THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY TODAY. BUT GOOD NEWS IS THOUGH, THE WINDS SHOULD CALM DOWN TONIGHT. AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, YOU CAN EXPECT IT TO BE DRY. STILL COOL. AND THEN MORE CLOUDS AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY. NOW, AS WE TAKE A LOOK HERE FOR NEXT WEEK, IT DOES BECOME A LITTLE MORE UNSETTLED. THERE’S MORE CHANCES FOR RAIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK HERE. NOW AS WE LOOK AT CARLISLE THIS MORNING, IT’S QUIET OUT THERE. AND CURRENT TEMPERATURES IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, 48 DEGREES 51 IN HARRISBURG, LANCASTER AND LEBANON, YOU’RE AT 45 AND 49. IN YORK, 46 UP IN LEWISTOWN. AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. STORM TRACK LIVE RADAR SHOWING A FEW SPRINKLES AS POSSIBLE AS SOME ENERGY IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AS WE GO THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SO AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST, WE’LL HIT A HIGH OF 58 DEGREES TODAY. BUT I DO EXPECT THERE TO BE PERIODS WHERE WE HAVE SOME MORE CLOUDS THAN SUNSHINE. BUT OVERALL, NOT TOO BAD OF A DAY HERE. JACOB. WE WILL BE SEEING GUSTS ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 25MPH. BREEZY AND COOL. PERFECT FALL FEELS AS I’VE BEEN SAYING ALL MORNING. GRAB THAT JACKET AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR TODAY, YOU’RE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED IT. ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROADWAYS THIS MORNING AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. IT IS ALL IN THE GREEN, WHICH IS ALL SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HEADING OUT THE DOOR TODAY FOR SCHOOL OR FOR WORK. ONE ACCIDENT FOR YOU TO BE WORRIED ABOUT ON A ROADWAY THIS MORNING IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THAT’S PA 222 SOUTHBOUND JUST AFTER THE PA 272 OREGON PIKE. HUNSAKER ROUGEAU. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT ALL MORNING. JUST SOME ORANGE AND YELLOW AROUND THAT PARTICULAR SPOT. SO A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWDOWN FOR YOU TO BE AWARE OF AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR, JUMPING OVER TOWARDS THE CAPITAL BELTWAY IN HARRISBURG AGAIN, ALL GREEN THIS MORNING, WHICH IS ALL GOOD NEWS AS YOU’RE HEADING INTO THE CAPITAL CITY. TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR SKY CAMS, THIS IS THE SOUTH BRIDGE ON 83. AGAIN, GOOD NEWS. WE HAVEN’T SEEN MUCH OF ANYTHING THIS MORNING. JUST A LOT OF LIGHTS OUT ON THE ROADWAYS AS MOST PEOPLE ARE HEADING OUT THE DOOR TODAY. AND IN LANCASTER COUNTY, PA 283 AND ROUTE 30. ALL GOOD NEWS AS WELL. NOTHING TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO WORRY ABOUT. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. WELL, A NEW AMBULANCE STATION IS NOW OPEN IN LANCASTER COUNTY, AND THIS TIME IT’S INSIDE OF A COLLEGE. IT’S INSIDE FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE IN LANCASTER. AND THAT’S WHERE NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS IS AS WELL. TO TALK ABOUT WHY THE STATION IS THERE AND WHO’S STAFFING IT. GOOD MORNING. GABRIELLE. GOOD MORNING, MATT AND CAITLIN. I’M STANDING IN THE NEW AMBULANCE LOCATION HERE ON FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE CAMPUS. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LANCASTER EMS AND THE COLLEGE. AND THIS STATION IS ALREADY IMPROVING RESPONSE TIMES. IT ALSO GIVES STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE EMTS TO GET HANDS ON EXPERIENCE. NOW, WE DID PROMISE YOU THAT YOU WOULD SPEAK TO A FORMER STUDENT WHO IS NOW AN EMT, BUT HE HAD TO RUSH OUT FOR A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. NOW I HAVE CAPTAIN PARRISH JOINING ME THIS MORNING. HE IS WITH LANCASTER EMS. CAPTAIN PARRISH. HOW MANY PERSONNEL WILL BE SERVING OUTSIDE OF THIS STATION? THIS STATION WILL BE STAFFED 24 HOURS A DAY, STARTING WITH A TWO PERSON CREW IN THE MORNING. TWO PERSON CREW OVER OVERNIGHT AND HOPING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT EVENTUALLY WITH THE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COLLEGE. AND WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU HAVE FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO JUST REASSURE THEM THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE, READY TO SERVE AND HELP THEM WHENEVER THEY MAY NEED IT? WE’RE ALWAYS READY TO SERVE, AND WE’RE ALWAYS READY TO SERVE THE SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. SO IT’S GOING TO INCREASE THE RESPONSE TIMES FASTER, CARE, FASTER TRANSPORT TIMES. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE HERE TO DO. NOW, WE KNOW JOHN DID RUSH OUT AND SINCE HE IS NOT HERE, I DO WANT YOU TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JOHN AND HIS EXPERIENCE WITH LANCASTER EMS. HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM? AND NOW HE’S WORKING FOR LANCASTER EMS? WELL, THAT’S SUPER EXCITING BECAUSE WE GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO GET REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE AND THEN TRANSFER THAT EXPERIENCE INTO THE WORKPLACE HERE AT LANCASTER EMS. CAPTAIN PARRISH, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEY WILL HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. I’LL HAVE ALL THOSE DETAILS ON MY FACEBOOK REPORTING LIVE HERE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. I’M GABRIEL THOMAS WGAL NEWS EIGHT. I GUESS IT SHOWS HOW GREAT THE NEED IS. YOU KNOW, THEY’RE ALREADY RESPONDING TO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. ALWAYS AT THE READY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GABRIEL. IT’S A BUSY, BUSY INTERSECTION IN LANCASTER COUNTY. A SHORTAGE OF CROSSING GUARDS AT A BUSY INTERSECTION IS RAISING CONCERNS FROM A PARENT WHOSE CHILD WALKS THAT ROUTE EVERY DAY. THE PARENT SAYS HIS CHILD USED TO WALK TO MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE EFFORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EVERY DAY. BUT NOW HE DRIVES HIM BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS WITH THAT INTERSECTION AT SOUTH ACADEMY AND HAMMOND AVENUE. I TOOK HIM TO SCHOOL AND I NOTICED THERE WAS NO GUARD IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE. WELL, THE CROSSING GUARD, A CROSSING GUARD THAT WAS THERE WAS HURT AFTER A CAR HIT THEM AT THAT SAME INTERSECTION. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THE BOROUGH EMPLOYS CROSSING GUARDS AND THE EFFORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY DON’T HAVE ANYONE APPLYING TO BE ONE RIGHT NOW. MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY STUDENT IS BEING REMEMBERED AS AN EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT, A DEDICATED TEAMMATE AND A FRIEND. SIDNEY BARNES DIED THIS WEEK AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR. HER GOLF COACH SAYS SHE WAS A TALENTED MEMBER OF THE TEAM, EVEN HITTING THE FIRST HOLE IN ONE IN PROGRAM HISTORY, WHICH IS THE VIDEO THAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE. SHE WAS A WOMEN’S GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-AMERICAN SCHOLAR AND A PENNSYLVANIA STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SCHOLAR ATHLETE. BUT I THINK THAT BOTH TEAMS WILL. RISE UP AND BE STRONGER FROM THIS. OKAY. SHE WOULDN’T HAVE WANTED IT ANY OTHER WAY. ACCORDING TO THE DAUPHIN COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE, BARNES DIED FROM TRAUMATIC INJURIES AFTER SHE WAS HIT. HER ORGANS WERE DONATED. THE LANCASTER COUNTY HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE ROLLING OUT NEW BILLBOARDS TO RECOGNIZE ITS WORK IN THE COUNTY. IT SAYS IT’S MADE 160 ARRESTS SINCE IT STARTED IN 2022. THE DA SAYS THE COUNTY STARTED TO RECOGNIZE A NEED FOR A FORCE TO ADDRESS HUMAN TRAFFICKING YEARS BEFORE THAT. OUR MISSION IS TO ARREST AND PROSECUTE, SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS HERE IN LANCASTER COUNTY, BUT THEN ALSO TO IDENTIFY THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND OFFER THEM A BROAD ARRAY OF SERVICES SO THAT THEY CAN GET BACK TO BEING A PRODUCTIVE CITIZEN. WELL, THE TASK FORCE IS MADE UP OF ABOUT A DOZEN POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN LANCASTER COUNTY. IT SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO START CONVERSATIONS AT HOME WITH KIDS ABOUT WHAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING CAN LOOK LIKE. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 25 YEARS SINCE A 12 YEAR OLD BOY DISAPPEARED IN JONESTOWN, IN LEBANON COUNTY, AND NOW STATE POLICE ARE ONCE AGAIN ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO FIND HIM. LET’S GIVE YOU A PHOTO ON THE LEFT OF ERIC PYLES. WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE AROUND THE TIME HE WENT MISSING. AND ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT STATE POLICE SAY HE WOULD LOOK LIKE TODAY. THEY SAY HE WAS LAST SEEN DECEMBER 12TH OF 2000 BY THE SECRETARY FROM THE JONESTOWN BIBLE CHURCH, WHICH WAS NEAR HIS HOME ON AWOL ROAD IN JONESTOWN. A $5,000 REWARD IS NOW BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION THAT SOLVES THIS CASE. THIS MORNING WE ARE HEARING FROM STATE LEADERS AND THOSE ADVOCATING FOR AI DATA CENTERS ABOUT A NEW BILL IN THE STATE CAPITOL, KNOWN AS THE DATA CENTER ACT. THE BILL WOULD PLACE REGULATIONS ON DATA CENTERS THAT WOULD INCLUDE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, POWER USAGE SCHEDULES, RULES AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. EVEN COSTS ON POWER CUSTOMERS. NOW, THOSE WITH THE DATA CENTER COALITION SAY THAT THESE CENTERS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH. AND THEY FEAR, THOUGH, THAT REGULATIONS WOULD FORCE THESE BUSINESSES AWAY. WE’VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO MEET OUR ENERGY NEEDS AND TO HAVE REALISTIC PROJECTIONS, BE ABLE TO EXPECT, ANTICIPATE HOW MUCH ENERGY WE NEED AND FIND A WAY TO GENERATE IT. WE TALK ABOUT THE KIND OF INVESTMENT THAT DATA CENTERS BRING. IT’S IT’S IT’S A CHALLENGE. THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. BUT WITH GOOD PLANNING, WE CAN MEET THIS CHALLENGE. WELL, THE STATE’S PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION AND THE DATA CENTER COALITION SAY THAT STUDIES ON POWER LOAD MANAGEMENT ARE NEEDED FOR THESE REGULATIONS. THE HOUSE ENERGY COMMITTEE SAYS IT EXPECTS THAT THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES TO THE CURRENT BILL AFTER YESTERDAY’S PANEL. A SCAM ALERT FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES NOW IT SAYS SNAP CLIENTS ARE GETTING CALLS SAYING THEIR BENEFITS ARE ON HOLD UNTIL THEY CAN VERIFY THEIR ELIGIBILITY. IT SAYS THE SCAMMERS ARE ASKING CLIENTS FOR THEIR PIN. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WILL NEVER ASK FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN AN UNSOLICITED TEXT MESSAGE, EMAIL OR PHONE CALL. SO IF YOU DO GET ANY OF THESE SUSPICIOUS TEXTS, CALLS, EMAILS, YOU SHOULD CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND YOU CAN FIND THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS THAT THOSE SCAM CALLS ARE COMIN

Male taken to hospital after getting arm trapped in corn picker in Lancaster County

Updated: 2:17 PM EDT Oct 23, 2025

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A person was injured after getting their arm trapped in a piece of farm equipment in Lancaster County, according to the Robert Fulton Fire Company. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.Rescue crews responded to a farm in the 1700 block of Cherry Hill Road near Slate Hill Road in Drumore Township at 9:11 a.m. The fire company said a male’s arm was stuck in a two-row, horse-drawn corn picker. It took rescue crews 23 minutes after arrival to free the male’s arm, according to the Quarryville Fire Company. The patient was transported to the hospital to be treated. The Robert Fulton Fire Company said he was conscious and oriented when he was freed. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating. Stay with WGAL for updates as we learn more. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.

DRUMORE TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

A person was injured after getting their arm trapped in a piece of farm equipment in Lancaster County, according to the Robert Fulton Fire Company.

Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.

Rescue crews responded to a farm in the 1700 block of Cherry Hill Road near Slate Hill Road in Drumore Township at 9:11 a.m.

The fire company said a male’s arm was stuck in a two-row, horse-drawn corn picker.

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