4-year-old in critical condition after near-drowning in Lancaster County, troopers say
AT THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PRISON. AND WE ARE TAKING. LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW OVER OUR YORK SKYCAM ON THIS FRIDAY MORNING. NOT AS BREEZY AS WE’VE SEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE FLAG LOOKING KIND OF STAGNANT THERE RIGHT NOW. LET’S CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST MIKE SUSKO. WE ALSO HAVE JACOB HUNZIKER LOOKING AT OUR ROADS THIS MORNING. MIKE, WHAT’S THE FORECAST FOR TODAY? WELL, IT’S GOING TO BE DRY AND COOL AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. AS YOU MENTIONED. NOT AS BREEZY AS WELL. SO THAT’S GOOD NEWS AS WE HEAD OUT THE DOOR HERE. SO YOU’RE GOING TO STAY COOL AND DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RAIN CHANCES THOUGH DO BEGIN TO INCREASE NEXT WEEK. AND OVERALL, I THINK COOL TEMPERATURES LAST THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER. SO WE’LL KEEP WITH THIS FALL LAKE THEME FOR A WHILE HERE. HERSHEY. RIGHT NOW THOUGH, IT IS QUIET. THE FLAGS THERE, AT LEAST AT THE VERY TOP OF THE BACKGROUND. THERE YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, A LITTLE BREEZY, BUT OTHERWISE AT THE SURFACE IT LOOKS PRETTY QUIET. 38 IN HARRISBURG, 37 AS YOU STEP OUTSIDE IN LANCASTER, YORK, YOU’RE THE COOL SPOT AT 33 AND 34. IN LEWISTOWN. STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR IS QUIET. WE HAVE SOME SHOWERS TO THE NORTHWEST, BUT THEY WILL STAY THERE. HERE’S YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. WE’LL SEE TEMPERATURES TODAY GETTING UP TO AROUND 58 FOR THAT HIGH WITH INCREASING CLOUDS AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE AFTERNOON. THAT WILL BE LEFTOVER MOISTURE FROM A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. THAT’S TO THE NORTHWEST. BUT AS I SAID ACROSS THE AREA TODAY, LOOKING PRETTY GOOD HERE. AND AS WE LOOK AT RAIN CHANCES JACOB, YOU CAN SEE THEM BRINGING AN INCREASE A LITTLE BIT THERE. BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT COMING UP HERE. BUT OVERALL PRETTY NICE WEEKEND COMING OUR WAY. I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT’S DEFINITELY FALL ONCE YOU GET INTO THOSE COLD TEMPERATURES. PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. THAT’S WHENEVER I REALLY START TO FEEL LIKE IT’S ACTUALLY FALL. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THAT RAIN. YEAH. MIKE, ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE, BUT I’M ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT RAIN NEXT WEEK. MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR COMMUTE THIS MORNING AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR TODAY WE’RE SEEING GREENS ALL ACROSS THE MAP EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE SPOTS IN YORK COUNTY. WE DO WANT TO MENTION THE BIG ONE, WHICH I KNOW GABRIEL IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE MORE IN JUST A SECOND. A PORTION OF VALLEY ROAD IS CLOSED. THAT’S BETWEEN BEN HOWER AND DIANE DRIVE, WHICH AGAIN, WE’LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL UP HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. SO BE AWARE OF THAT AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING. TAKING A FURTHER LOOK A LITTLE BIT SOUTH AT THE YORK COUNTY MAJOR ROADWAYS, WE’RE SEEING AGAIN GREENS ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH IS ALL GOOD NEWS. ROUTE 30 MOVING PRETTY SMOOTHLY AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 83. SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE HEADING TO YORK OR AROUND YORK THIS MORNING, IT DOES LOOK LIKE YOUR COMMUTE IS GOING TO BE RELATIVELY QUICK. TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR TRAVEL TIMES THIS MORNING, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THINGS ARE RUNNING FAIRLY SMOOTHLY. YORK, INBOUND FROM HARRISBURG, IS 19 MINUTES. LANCASTER TO YORK 24 MINUTES AND GETTYSBURG TO YORK AT 41. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS ON THE ROADS OUT OF YORK COUNTY, WHERE EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY THE CORONER HAS BEEN CALLED TO A CRASH THAT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING. NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS IS JOINING US LIVE FROM THAT SCENE. NOW WITH THE LATEST ON THIS. GABRIELLE, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. KATELYN. WELL VALLEY ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS NOW FOLLOWING A DEADLY CRASH THAT HAPPENED HERE. NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT WHITE VEHICLE FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS HOME. AS A RESULT OF THIS CRASH. THERE ARE SOME DOWNED POWER LINES, AND CREWS ARE WORKING TO RESTORE THE POWER IN THIS AREA. NOW, ACCORDING TO FIRST ENERGY, MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER. IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA, THEY ARE HOPING TO RESTORE THE POWER AROUND 630. NOW WE ARE TOLD THAT ONLY ONE VEHICLE, WHICH IS THE VEHICLE YOU SEE HERE, IS INVOLVED IN THIS. IN THIS CRASH. HOWEVER, IT IS UNCLEAR HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED OR IF THERE WERE ANY INJURIES AT THIS TIME. AS I MENTIONED, VALLEY ROAD IS CLOSED BETWEEN BEINHAUER ROAD AND DIANE DRIVE, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. I HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE CORONER TO GET SOME MORE DETAILS, BUT WE HAVEN’T HEARD BACK AS OF YET. WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CRASH, AND AS WE RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION, WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE REPORTING LIVE HERE IN FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY. I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GABRIELLE. NEW THIS MORNING THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS AN INMATE IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. THE DA’S OFFICE SAYS 33 YEAR-OLD DEANGELO NOLAN WAS ARRESTED EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR TRESPASSING WHEN HE WAS ASSIGNED TO A CELL. LATER THAT MORNING, INVESTIGATORS SAY HE STARTED A FIGHT WITH THE OTHER PERSON IN THE CELL. 41 YEAR-OLD ERIC GAINER. THE DA’S OFFICE SAYS GAINER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR BRAIN SWELLING BUT DIED LAST NIGHT. RIGHT NOW, POLICE IN YORK ARE LOOKING FOR TWO PEOPLE WHO THEY SAY ARE PUTTING A BABY IN DANGER. POLICE SAY ELIZABETH BROWN SECRETLY GAVE BIRTH IN YORK TO AVOID AUTHORITIES IN FLORIDA. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT BOY IS NOW ABOUT TWO MONTHS OLD AND HAS NOT HAD ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION. POLICE SAY BOTH BROWN AND STEVIE RAE FOWLER, WHO THEY SAY IS THE FATHER, MISSED A COURT DATE AND HAVE DENIED THAT THE CHILD EVEN EXISTS. INVESTIGATORS, THOUGH, SAY THEY HAVE EVIDENCE FROM A HOME WHERE THAT PAIR HAD BEEN STAYING, AND ALSO A PHOTO OF THE CHILD. HAPPENING TODAY. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SCHEDULED IN THE TRIAL FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS DAUGHTER IN LEBANON COUNTY. INVESTIGATORS SAY KABARY SALEM KILLED 25 YEAR OLD OLA SALEM IN PALMYRA IN OCTOBER OF 2019. CHARGING DOCUMENTS REVEAL HER BODY WAS FOUND IN BLOOMINGDALE PARK IN STATEN ISLAND. THE FATHER IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AND STRANGULATION IN CONNECTION TO HIS DAUGHTER’S DEATH. LANCASTER POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING FROM LAST FRIDAY. POLICE CHARGED 24 YEAR OLD ROBERTO SANCHEZ GARCIA WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND SEVERAL OTHER CHARGES. THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED ON WEST KING STREET JUST BEFORE FIVE THAT EVENING. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE PERSON TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A CIVIL RIGHTS DISPUTE GOING ON INVOLVING ONE OF DAUPHIN COUNTY’S LARGEST EMPLOYERS, AN EMPLOYEE OF HERSHEY ENTERTAINMENT AND RESORTS, ALSO KNOWN AS HERCO, IS SUING THE COMPANY, SAYING THAT SHE WAS UNFAIRLY SUSPENDED FROM HER JOB. ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT, JIRAIYA SELLERS FROM LEBANON COUNTY WAS SUSPENDED AFTER SHE REFUSED TO ESCORT A TRANSGENDER WOMAN TO A WOMEN’S LOCKER ROOM AT THE MELT SPAS IN HERSHEY BECAUSE OF HER RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. THE SUIT CLAIMS HERCO VIOLATED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. IN A STATEMENT SENT TO NEWS EIGHT YESTERDAY, THOUGH, HERCO SAID, QUOTE, NO RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION WAS REQUESTED BEFORE OR DURING THE SPA SERVICE AND THE TEAM MEMBER DID NOT INDICATE SHE COULD NOT ASSIST THE GUESTS FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS. THE COMPANY SAYS SELLERS IS STILL EMPLOYED AND WAS ASKED TO FILL OUT A RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS FORM, WHICH THE COMPANY SAYS SHE HAS NOT DONE YET IN YORK COUNTY. A MAN IS NOW OFFICIALLY CHARGED WITH HINDERING THE APPREHENSION OF HIS BROTHER CARROLL TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ IS WANTED FOR MULTIPLE FELONY WARRANTS OUT OF VIRGINIA AND FLORIDA. THEY SAY HE WAS STAYING AT HIS BROTHER’S HOME ON CHESTNUT GROVE ROAD MONDAY NIGHT, AND WHEN OFFICERS GOT THERE, THEY SAY THE BROTHER, JEFF RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, HELPED HIM ESCAPE THROUGH A WINDOW. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. BUT AS FOR CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, HE HAS NOT YET BEEN ARRESTED. IT’S 607 AND STATE POLICE SAY THEY NEED YOUR HELP FINDING THIS MAN. TROOPERS BELIEVE MICHAEL MCLAREN IS EITHER IN RED LION OR CHANCEFORD TOWNSHIP IN YORK COUNTY. LOWER WINDSOR TOWNSHIP POLICE PULLED OVER A 2014 SUBARU WITH THE DELAWARE TAG THAT YOU’RE SEEING ON YOUR SCREEN. THEY SAY THAT WAS EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. AND DURING THAT STOP, POLICE SAY MCLAREN PUSHED THE DRIVER OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE OFF. THEY SAY HE LEFT BEHIND A BACKPACK WITH AMMUNITION INSIDE, AND POLICE SAY THEY LATER LEARNED HE HAD A GUN IN THE CAR. THAT CAR WAS FOUND DAMAGED LATER IN THE DAY, AND POLICE BELIEVE IT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. AFTER MCLAREN LEFT THAT TRAFFIC STOP, LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT AN INTERSECTION AFTER A TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED IN WARWICK TOWNSHIP. THIS CRASH HAPPENED AT WEST LEXINGTON ROAD AND ROUTE 501 JUST AFTER TEN YESTERDAY MORNING. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DAMAGE TO THE CARS THERE. RESCUE CREWS SAY A TRUCK DRIVER WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THAT TRUCK AND THEY HAD TO CUT OUT A WINDSHIELD TO GET TO HIM. ANDREA REYNOLDS LIVES IN THAT AREA, AND SHE SAYS SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THOUGHT THAT TRUCK WAS GOING TO COME THROUGH HER HOME. I DIDN’T SEE THE TRUCK DRIVER, BUT THERE WERE ALREADY OTHER PEOPLE TRYING TO CLIMB UP ON THE TRUCK TO HELP HIM. AND THEN THE PASSENGERS OF THE SMALLER VEHICLE WERE ALREADY OUT, AND I ASKED IF THEY WERE INJURED AND THEY SAID NO. NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE TRUCK DRIVER’S CONDITION. POLICE ALSO SAY MANY CRASHES HAPPEN THERE BECAUSE OF PEOPLE RUNNING STOP SIGNS. IT’S 608 AND WE ARE HEARING FROM THE FAMILY OF SIDNEY BARNES. THAT’S THE MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY STUDENT WHO DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR. HER BROTHER, NICK BARNES, SAYS SIDNEY HOPED TO SERVE OTHERS THROUGH A CAREER IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. THE BARNES FAMILY IS PARTNERING WITH THE GREENCASTLE-ANTRIM EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO CREATE A SCHOLARSHIP IN HIS HONOR. IN A STATEMENT, HER BROTHER SAID, QUOTE, SIDNEY HAS ALREADY TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES AND THROUGH THIS SCHOLARSHIP, HER LIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. IN YORK COUNTY, WEST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS LISTENED TO PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR AN AI DATA CENTER TO REPLACE A GOLF COURSE. DEVELOPERS ARE LOOKING INTO PUTTING THAT CENTER AT THE 133 ACRE BRIARWOOD GOLF COURSE. AT LAST NIGHT’S MEETING, TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO STOP THE DATA CENTER BECAUSE THEY ARE GOVERNED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE. DEVELOPERS SAY THERE IS A NEED FOR THAT CENTER IN YORK COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE DAY TO DAY DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS. SOME RESIDENTS, THOUGH, RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND COSTS. IT’S HANDLED AS TYPICAL SEWAGE FOR ANY PLANT, WHICH HAS TO MEET THE STANDARDS OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. BUT THERE’S NOT DISCHARGE DIRECTLY TO THE STREAM. THEY ARE A VERY HIGH TAX REVENUE GENERATOR WITH, BY THE WAY, VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON SCHOOL SYSTEMS. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE NO PLANS DRAFTED FOR THE AI DATA CENTER. DEVELOPERS SAY IT WOULD CREATE 230 JOBS. AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL AI DATA CENTERS PROPOSED IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. YOU CAN SEE IF THERE ARE TALKS ABOUT PUTTING ONE U
4-year-old in critical condition after near-drowning in Lancaster County, troopers say
Updated: 8:10 AM EDT Oct 24, 2025
A young child was hospitalized after a near-drowning in Lancaster County on Thursday morning, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.Troopers said a four-year-old child fell into a body of water on a property in the 1000 block of Mine Road in Salisbury Township at 9:59 a.m. Emergency crews pulled the child out of the water and transported them to a local hospital.Police said the four-year-old remains in critical condition. No further details have been released at this time. 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.
SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
A young child was hospitalized after a near-drowning in Lancaster County on Thursday morning, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
Troopers said a four-year-old child fell into a body of water on a property in the 1000 block of Mine Road in Salisbury Township at 9:59 a.m.
Emergency crews pulled the child out of the water and transported them to a local hospital.
Police said the four-year-old remains in critical condition.
No further details have been released at this time.
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.