Driver killed, another hospitalized after Lancaster County crash
GOOD MORNING. AT 655. TIME FOR WGAL NEWS 8 TO GO. AND THERE IS A FREEZE WARNING IN PLACE FOR TONIGHT. SO LET’S GO RIGHT OVER TO CHRISTINE. IT’S A CHILLY START NOW, BUT IT’S GOING TO GET EVEN COLDER TOMORROW MORNING. AT THIS TIME RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH. YOU SEE THE OMINOUS CLOUDS HERE IN CARLISLE AND DAMP STREETS FROM SOME SHOWERS ALREADY THIS MORNING. SO HERE’S A COLD FRONT. AND BEHIND THIS FRONT THE SHOWERS WILL WIND DOWN. WE’LL SEE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PICKING UP OUR HIGH TODAY IS ONLY 50 DEGREES. JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO WE WERE IN THE 80S FOR HIGHS. SO RIGHT NOW THESE SHOWERS AND MAYBE A WET SNOWFLAKE MOVING THROUGH, BUT NOTHING THAT WOULD SLOW YOU DOWN. TEMPERATURE CHECK 41 IN LEBANON, 37 IN LANCASTER. GOOD MORNING CARLISLE. YOU’RE AT 39 AND WE HAVE 43 CURRENTLY IN GETTYSBURG. BUT TONIGHT, LIKE KATELYN MENTIONED, FREEZE WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE OUR MAIN HEADLINE TOMORROW MORNING. AT THIS TIME YOU COULD BE LOOKING AT 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES. SO BE MINDFUL OF YOUR TENDER PLANTS VEGETATION. MAKE SURE YOU COVER THOSE. BRING THEM IN FOR TUESDAY. WE WILL HAVE COOL HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S CALMER WINDS. AND ON WEDNESDAY WE RETURN TO THE UPPER 60S. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF THE TEN DAY COMING UP. HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS IN LEBANON COUNTY. THERE IS A CRASH ON INTERSTATE 81 SOUTHBOUND IN EAST HANOVER TOWNSHIP. IT’S SLOWING DOWN. LOTS OF TRAFFIC THIS MORNING. HERE’S A LOOK FROM INDIANTOWN GAP ROAD THERE IN EAST HANOVER TOWNSHIP. YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE VEHICLES STALLED. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO DRIVE SOUTHBOUND ON 81, YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAIT AROUND AND WE’LL LET YOU KNOW. AS THAT CLEARS UP, WE ALSO HAVE SOME WORK HAPPENING IN ABOUT TWO HOURS HERE ON THE SOUTH BRIDGE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THIS WEEK, 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M., SO EXPECT SOME LANE RESTRICTIONS AND SLOWDOWNS. I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS LIVE HERE IN HARRISBURG. TODAY SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES WILL BE AT THE STATE CAPITOL CALLING ON LAWMAKERS TO PASS LAWS THAT WOULD HELP VICTIMS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE GET JUSTICE AT FIRST. RALLY STARTS AT 11 THIS MORNING, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER RALLY AT 130. ALL THE INFORMATION ON MY FACEBOOK. RIGHT NOW, EIGHT CHILDREN ARE DEAD AFTER A MASS SHOOTING IN LOUISIANA. POLICE IN SHREVEPORT SAY THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER SIX YESTERDAY MORNING, SAYING THE SCENE INVOLVED THREE DIFFERENT HOMES. OFFICERS SAY EIGHT CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF ONE AND 14 YEARS OLD WERE SHOT AND KILLED, AND AFTER A POLICE CHASE, OFFICERS SAY THEY SHOT AND KILLED THE SUSPECT, SHEMAR ELKINS, WHO THEY SAY WAS RELATED TO SEVEN OF THE CHILDREN. INVESTIGATORS ALSO SAY TWO WOMEN WERE SHOT AND TAKEN TO HOSPITALS WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. POLICE SAY ONE OF THOSE WOMEN IS ELKINS WIFE. THE OTHER IS BELIEVED TO BE HIS GIRLFRIEND. A SOCIAL CLUB IN LEBANON IS NOW CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AFTER A FIRE EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY CREWS WERE CALLED TO THE CLUB ON EAST MIFFLIN STREET JUST BEFORE 1:00 YESTERDAY MORNING. THAT CLUB SAYS THE FIRE STARTED IN THE MAIN BAR AREA AND DID CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. DISPATCHERS SAY CREWS WERE ON SCENE FOR NEARLY THREE HOURS. THERE ARE NOW NOTICES ON THE DOORS OF THE CLUB LIKE THIS ONE, SAYING THAT THE BUILDING IS CONDEMNED. DISPATCHERS COULDN’T TELL US IF ANYONE WAS HURT OR THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. OFFICIALS IN MIFFLIN COUNTY LIFTING THE DO NOT DRINK ORDER ON THE WATER. THEY’RE PUT IN PLACE AFTER A MAN CRASHED A TRACTOR TRAILER AND SPILLED OIL AND FUEL INTO THE LAUREL CREEK RESERVOIR ON ROUTE 322 ON FRIDAY, THE MIFFLIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TESTED THE WATER AND SAID THE RESULTS CAME BACK ALL CLEAR. IT SAYS MIFFLIN COUNTY RESIDENTS CAN GO BACK TO USING THEIR WATER. THE HALIFAX AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT IN DAUPHIN COUNTY SAYS ALL OF ITS SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TODAY BECAUSE OF A BLOCKED SEWER LINE. THE DISTRICT SAYS THIS HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. IT EXPECTS REPAIRS TO BE MADE TODAY, AND THE SCHOOLS ARE SET TODAY IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATOR DAVID MCCORMICK WILL BE TOURING THE SILVER ACADEMY AS PART OF A ROUNDTABLE ON SCHOOL CHOICE THAT IS A PRIVATE SCHOOL WITH JEWISH VALUES FOR STUDENTS IN PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE. THE SENATOR ALSO SAID TO SPEAK WITH THE STATE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS. TODAY, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE ROLE OF LOCAL LEADERS IN ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE STATE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE HIGHS NEAR 50 TODAY. THAT’S IT. IT’S GOING TO BE BREEZY ONCE THESE MORNING SHOWERS END TONIGHT. CLEAR CALM HIGH PRESSURE RIGHT OVERHEAD GIVES US A FREEZE WARNING AND AN IMPACT NIGHT. THEN FOR TOMORROW WE HAVE MOSTLY SUNNY COOL CONDITIONS WITH TOP TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S. AVERAGE HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. WE’RE GOING TO SEE THAT ON EARTH DAY WEDNESDAY. BY THE TIME WE HIT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WE’RE BACK IN THE 70S FOR OUR HIGHS. BUT IT DOESN’T LAST LONG. I DO SEE 60S FOR THE WEEKEND AND BE
Driver killed, another hospitalized after Lancaster County crash
Updated: 1:07 PM EDT Apr 20, 2026
One person was killed, and another was hospitalized after a crash in Lancaster County on Monday, according to police. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. Two vehicles collided at the intersection of Marietta Avenue/Route 23 and Bridge Valley Road in West Hempfield Township at 10:22 a.m. Police said both vehicles were occupied only by the drivers. One driver was pronounced dead at the scene, according to officials. Their identity has not yet been released. Police said the other driver was injured and transported to the hospital. The Lancaster County Crash Team and the coroner’s office are investigating. Marietta Avenue is closed in both directions between Raintree Road and Jasmine Place. Police said the road will be closed for an extended time. WGAL is working to learn more. Stay with us for updates. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
WEST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
One person was killed, and another was hospitalized after a crash in Lancaster County on Monday, according to police.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
Two vehicles collided at the intersection of Marietta Avenue/Route 23 and Bridge Valley Road in West Hempfield Township at 10:22 a.m.
Police said both vehicles were occupied only by the drivers.
One driver was pronounced dead at the scene, according to officials. Their identity has not yet been released.
Police said the other driver was injured and transported to the hospital.
The Lancaster County Crash Team and the coroner’s office are investigating.
Marietta Avenue is closed in both directions between Raintree Road and Jasmine Place. Police said the road will be closed for an extended time.
WGAL is working to learn more. Stay with us for updates.
See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.