PSP investigate death at York County Prison

WGAL NEWS 8 STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. A CHAIN REACTION CRASH INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS ON A MAJOR ROAD. BREAKING RIGHT NOW IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THE CRASH INVOLVING NOT ONLY THE BUS, BUT ALSO A BOX TRUCK AND FOUR OTHER CARS. LET’S GO LIVE TO NEWS EIGHT’S MEREDITH JORGENSEN. SO, MEREDITH, THIS CRASH HAPPENED ON ROUTE 30. BUSY STRETCH OF ROAD THERE. SEVERAL LANES SHUT DOWN BUT ARE NOW REOPENED. YES, THAT’S RIGHT, ALL OF THE LANES OF ROUTE 30 ARE NOW REOPENED. THE ACCIDENT WAS AROUND 130 HERE ON THIS NOTORIOUSLY BUSY AND CONGESTED STRETCH OF ROAD. AS YOU MENTIONED, ROUTE 30 EASTBOUND. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN MERGE OFF ROUTE 222. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IN THIS PENNDOT VIDEO OF THE CRASH, YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF THE SCENE HERE. WITH SO MANY CARS, A TRUCK AND A SCHOOL BUS INVOLVED. AND THEN THE HUGE RESPONSE FROM MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, THE TOWING COMPANY, AND OTHER SCHOOL BUSSES THAT CAME TO HELP OUT. IT WAS A LARGE, BUSY, VERY CHAOTIC SCENE OUT HERE FOR A WHILE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DESCRIBES THIS AS A CHAIN REACTION ACCIDENT, LIKELY STARTING WITH JUST ONE DISTRACTED DRIVER AND THEN PILING UP DOWN THE LINE, INCLUDING FOUR CARS, ONE BOX TRUCK AND ONE SCHOOL BUS. WE LEARNED THAT SCHOOL BUS WAS FROM THE COCALICO SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WAS BRINGING STUDENTS FROM A FIELD TRIP BACK TO ONE OF THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE BUS SUFFERED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE, THOUGH, AND NONE OF THE CHILDREN WERE HURT, SO THE BUS WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ON ITS WAY. WE’RE TOLD THAT IT WAS THE DRIVER OF THE BOX TRUCK, AND HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. AMAZINGLY, IN THIS PILEUP CRASH, THE MANHEIM TOWNSHIP FIRE RESCUE WAS ABLE TO BLOCK TWO OF THE THREE LANES OF THIS BUSY HIGHWAY SO THAT SOME TRAFFIC COULD STILL GET THROUGH ON THAT LEFTMOST LANE. THE DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF SAYS HE KNOWS THIS IS A CONGESTED AREA, BUT SAYS THAT THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT WAS LIKELY PREVENTABLE. FOLLOWING DISTANCES. DON’T LOOK AT ANY DEVICES IN YOUR CAR. AS WE KNOW THAT’S THE LAW. AND WATCH SPEED LIMITS. YOU KNOW THINGS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY IN FRONT OF YOU IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND BEING AWARE AND PREPARED TO STOP AND STOP IN A IN A GOOD DISTANCE AWAY FROM SOMEONE WILL HELP PREVENT ALL THIS. NOW THE CREWS FROM WAYNE’S TOWING AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WORKED SO QUICKLY TO GET THE CARS ON THE ROLLBACKS AND CLEAN UP ANY OIL AND DEBRIS THAT WAS ON THE ROAD SO THAT ROUTE 30 COULD BE REOPENED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THAT IT WAS JUST AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES AFTER THIS FIVE VEHICLE ACCIDENT, THAT THE HIGHWAY WAS REOPENED. SO WE GOT OUT HERE AND WE COULD SEE THAT THOSE CARS WERE ALREADY UP ON THE ROLLBACKS AND THEY WERE CLEANING UP JUST THE LITTLEST BIT OF DEBRIS THAT WAS LEFT ON THE ROAD. AND BEFORE YOU KNEW IT, THE ROAD WAS REOPENED AGAIN. DESPITE THIS HIGH VOLUME OF VEHICLES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH HERE, THAT’S THE LATEST HERE ALONG ROUTE 30. I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN, WGAL, NEWS 8. ALL RIGHT, MEREDITH, THANK YOU. IN DAUPHIN COUNTY, HARRISBURG POLICE ARRESTED A MAN THEY SAY TRIED TO KILL A WOMAN BY BEATING HER FROM HEAD TO TOE. 36 YEAR OLD FREDERICK JACKSON OF HARRISBURG IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS. JACKSON BEAT THE WOMAN HE KNEW MULTIPLE TIMES YESTERDAY, ALSO STRANGLED HER MULTIPLE TIMES. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM HAS SEVERAL FRACTURES AND BRUISES IN YORK COUNTY. WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE. AFTER SHOOTING LAST WEEK WHERE TWO PEOPLE DIED, THIS HAPPENED FRIDAY, JUST BEFORE NOON ON TROLLEY ROAD AND LOWER WINDSOR TOWNSHIP. WE DID REACH OUT TO POLICE AND THE CORONER’S OFFICE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE VICTIMS. POLICE DID SAY THAT THEY ARE NOT LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT, AND THERE IS NOT A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW IN LANCASTER COUNTY. A NEW YORK MAN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A CREDIT CARD FRAUD INVESTIGATION, ACCORDING TO MANHEIM TOWNSHIP POLICE. 31 YEAR OLD ALLEN OTTO GERMAIN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER VICTIMS NOTICED FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS ON THEIR CREDIT CARDS, EVEN THOUGH THEIR CARDS WERE STILL IN THEIR POSSESSION. SO THE TRANSACTIONS OCCURRED BETWEEN MARCH 20TH AND MARCH 21ST, RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF MORE THAN $3,000. RECEIPTS AND SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TIED GERMAIN TO THOSE PURCHASES. INVESTIGATORS ALLEGE GERMAIN USED THE VICTIM’S CREDIT CARD INFORMATION BY LOADING THE CARD DATA ONTO HIS PHONE AND USING A TAP TO PAY FUNCTION. SET THE DOG DOWN. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. TURN AROUND. NEWS 8 WAS THE FIRST TO BRING YOU THIS BODY CAM VIDEO SHOWING FORMER GETTYSBURG MAYOR CHAD ALLEN CARD TAKEN AWAY IN HANDCUFFS IN TEXAS. HIS ARREST HAPPENING LAST WEEK. AND WE WANT TO BRING IN NEWS EIGHT’S MARCI WALSH, WHO’S LIVE IN GETTYSBURG. AND MARCY, WALK US THROUGH THAT VIDEO AND HOW THE ARREST WENT DOWN. YEAH, MICHAEL, THIS VIDEO WAS SENT TO US BY THE ANDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN TEXAS. IT SHOWS CAR BEING ARRESTED A SECOND TIME AFTER THREE MORE PEOPLE CAME FORWARD. POLICE SAY, ACCUSING HIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SOLICITING EXPLICIT IMAGES. I HAVE GO AHEAD AND SET THE DOG DOWN. I’M SORRY. SET THE DOG DOWN. THIS IS A MOMENT. CAR WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. DEPUTIES CAN BE SEEN PUTTING CAR IN HANDCUFFS IN THE KITCHEN OF A HOME. INTERRUPT YOUR LUNCH. THAT’S OKAY. I CAN GET YOU SOMETHING TO THE JAIL. THAT’S OKAY. SIR. CAR WAS PREVIOUSLY OUT ON BAIL IN PENNSYLVANIA. HIS LAWYER CLARIFIED IN A STATEMENT TO NEWS EIGHT ON THURSDAY. CAR’S INITIAL BAIL CONDITIONS DID NOT RESTRICT HIS TRAVEL IN THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE, SOMEONE CAR IDENTIFIES AS MOM IS ASKING ABOUT BAIL AND THE CHARGES AGAINST CAR. THIS IS A NEW WARRANT AFTER BEING ESCORTED OUT OF THE HOUSE BY DEPUTIES. THE SHERIFF HAS THIS CONVERSATION WITH CAR. IF YOU WANT TO TELL THEM, THAT’S UP TO YOU. I’M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU YOUR BUSINESS. YOU’RE A GROWN MAN. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS BETWEEN YOU AND THEM UP THERE. I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO TALK TO YOUR PARENTS. I REACHED OUT TO CAR’S LAWYER FOR A STATEMENT FOLLOWING THESE ADDITIONAL CHARGES, HE SAID HE DECLINED TO COMMENT AT THIS TIME. I ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE COURT SYSTEM IN TEXAS, AS WELL AS THE COURT SYSTEM HERE IN ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF FOR CLARIFICATION ON WHEN CAR MIGHT BE EXPECTED TO BE EXTRADITED BACK HERE TO PENNSYLVANIA. BUT I DIDN’T HEAR BACK. LIVE IN GETTYSBURG, A MARCY WALSH WGAL NEWS 8. MARCY. THANK YOU. WELL, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. QUITE A MESS IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS BOX TRUCK OVERTURNED, LEAVING DEBRIS JUST SCATTERED ACROSS THAT ROAD. THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY ON MT. JOY ROAD, RIGHT NEAR FAIRVIEW ROAD IN RAPHO TOWNSHIP. AND YOU CAN SEE THE BACK THAT JUST SPLIT OPEN WITH PACKAGES AND ITEMS JUST SPILLING OUT OF THAT TRUCK. IT TOOK CREWS MORE THAN THREE HOURS TO CLEAR ALL THAT UP. NOT CLEAR. IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH OR IF ANYONE WAS HURT. STILL WORKING ON THOSE DETAILS. IT IS ANOTHER HOT ONE TODAY, BUT IF YOU WANT TO VENTURE OUT INTO THE SUN, THE TULIPS ARE IN BLOOM AT ORCHARD AND FARM MARKET IN YORK COUNTY. A GREAT PLACE TO CUT YOUR OWN TOOLS. YEAH, MINE ALREADY OPENED UP THE BEAUTIFUL, AREN’T THEY? IF YOU DO PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE THE EARLIER, THE BETTER. COULD BE SOME IFFY WEATHER COMING OUR WAY. IT’S GOING TO CHECK ON THE FORECAST WITH MARYELLEN PANN. WHAT’S GOING ON TONIGHT? YEAH, IT’S A WARM ONE OUT THERE. IT’S DAY TWO OF HITTING THE 80 DEGREE TEMPERATURES WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AT TWO OF POSSIBLE SIX. BUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS, WE’RE WATCHING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME ISOLATED STORMS THAT MAY DRIFT INTO THE AREA. THERE’S ONE SHOWER THAT’S RIGHT AROUND CHAMBERSBURG RIGHT NOW ALONG I-81. THAT’S JUST PUTTING DOWN A LITTLE MODERATE RAIN THERE, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST. OTHERWISE, IT’S QUIET WITH JUST A FEW CLOUDS IN THE AREA. BUT AS I ZOOM OUT, YOU’LL SEE THE LINE THAT WE’RE TRACKING JUST SOME ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE. BUT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED US IN A MARGINAL RISK, WHICH IS THE LOWEST THREAT FOR ISOLATED THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS. AND THAT WOULD BE ANY TIME FROM NOW UNTIL 10 P.M. AND WE WILL BE WATCHING FOR ISOLATED, DAMAGING WINDS WITH ANY STORM THAT IS SEVERE. SO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE OUT THIS EVENING, YOU CAN SEE PREDICTOR HERE SHOWING SOME SPOTTY STUFF INITIALLY. AND THEN THERE’S THAT LINE THAT WE WILL BE WATCHING AS WE GO THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. AND THEN IT’S QUIET AFTER THAT. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW ARE WARM IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. AT THIS HOUR. IT’S 88 IN GETTYSBURG, 85 IN CHAMBERSBURG, 83 IN LEBANON. SO YOUR NEXT 12 HOUR FORECAST. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE DINING OUTDOORS, JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR THE STORMS TO COME IN. OTHERWISE IT’S GOING TO BE A WARM ONE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 80 STILL AT 7:00 AND THEN FALLING INTO THE 60S. WE’

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a death at the York County Prison. Video above: Top stories, weather from WGAL News 8. Police say they were notified of the death at the prison on Concord Road in Springettsbury Township on Tuesday. PSP and the York County District Attorney’s Office are investigating. Police say more information will be shared when it becomes available.

YORK COUNTY, Pa. —

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a death at the York County Prison.

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

Police say they were notified of the death at the prison on Concord Road in Springettsbury Township on Tuesday.

PSP and the York County District Attorney’s Office are investigating.

Police say more information will be shared when it becomes available.