Cumberland County crash hospitalizes 2 people, shuts down road
IT IS 655. TIME FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT TO GO AND THE NEWS EIGHT TODAY. TEAM IS HERE TO HELP YOU START YOUR DAY. WE DO BEGIN HERE WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF YORK COUNTY, WHERE 911 DISPATCHERS SAY FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT A GARAGE FIRE IN HANOVER. DISPATCHERS SAY THIS HAPPENED AROUND 215 THIS MORNING ON HOLLYWOOD AVENUE NEAR BROADWAY. THEY SAY THE ROOF OF THE GARAGE COLLAPSED AND A CAR CAUGHT FIRE. DISPATCHERS SAY NOBODY WAS HURT AND THE FIRE IS NOW UNDER CONTROL. SCHOOL WILL BE BACK IN SESSION TODAY FOR STUDENTS AT HERSHEY HIGH SCHOOL IN DAUPHIN COUNTY AFTER EVACUATION FOR A REPORTED GAS LEAK YESTERDAY MORNING. AFTER CHECKING THE BUILDING, GE SAYS IT DID NOT FIND A LEAK, BUT A GAS STOVE HAD BEEN LEFT ON. GOOD MORNING. I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, LIVE HERE AT PENN MEDICINE PARK. TODAY IS OPENING DAY FOR THE LANCASTER BARNSTORMERS. AND THERE IS SO MUCH HERE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO EXPERIENCE. THE DOORS OPEN AT 530, BUT THE FIRST PITCH IS AT 645. THE GOOD THING IS, THE FIRST 1000 PEOPLE YOU DO GET HERE EARLY. YOU’LL GET A FREE T SHIRT. SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. AND WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR YOU. YOU CAN SEE LIVE IN OUR CARLISLE SKYCAM. NOTHING BUT SUNSHINE THIS MORNING. WE WILL SEE CLOUDS BUBBLING UP IN THE AFTERNOON AND THERE’S A CHANCE FOR A FEW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. WEST OF THE RIVER, MOVING EAST TOWARD EVENING. AS THIS BOUNDARY THAT YOU SEE HERE FLOATS RIGHT OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. BUT YOU’RE GUARANTEED A DRY MORNING COMMUTE. IT’S NICE OUT THERE TODAY. 84 DEGREES IN HARRISBURG, 53 CARLISLE, 59 IN CHAMBERSBURG. RIGHT NOW. WEATHER PLANNER. TODAY WE REACH 74 DEGREES. THE WARMEST DAY OF THE NEXT COUPLE. WE WILL SEE SUN, THEN THE CLOUDS ROLLING IN AND JUST A FEW SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES DOWN NEAR 52. AND TOMORROW WE START THE DAY ON A MAINLY DRY NOTE. I THINK THAT RAIN MOVES IN MIDDAY AND TAPERS GRADUALLY WEST TO EAST BY EVENING. TOMORROW’S HIGHS STAY IN THE 50S. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND COMING UP. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL MONITORING THE VEHICLE FIRE IN LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. ROUTE 283 EASTBOUND AT VINE STREET. THIS IS CAUSING A BIG SLOWDOWN ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE. LEFT LANE BLOCKED. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE ONE FIRE TRUCK DID OR BOTH OF THEM ARE LEAVING THE SCENE. LOOKS LIKE THE CAR ALSO IS NOT THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS CLEARING. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS. HAMPDEN TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY ROUTE 581 EASTBOUND EAST OF ROUTE 11. THERE’S A CRASH THERE. AND ALSO JUST A HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS, THIS IS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M. EXPECT EXPECT SOME LANE RESTRICTIONS ON THE I-80 BRIDGE OVER CODORUS CREEK. THE YWCA 20TH ANNUAL RACE AGAINST RACISM IS HAPPENING TOMORROW IN LANCASTER AND YORK. FUNDRAISER SUPPORTS THE Y’S CENTER FOR RACIAL AND GENDER EQUITY. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE YWCA ON EAST MARKET STREET IN YORK FOR. THE RACE STARTS TOMORROW MORNING AT NINE NEWS 8. METEOROLOGIST WILL MC THAT RACE? THE RACE IN LANCASTER IS HAPPENING AT MUSGROVE PARK. NEWS EIGHT’S MICHAEL FULLER WILL BE THERE. HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS ELIMINATING MOST OF ITS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT. HAC LEADERSHIP SAYS THE CHANGES ARE DUE TO FINANCIAL PRESSURES. THE COLLEGE SAYS IT IS ELIMINATING THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, CROSS COUNTRY SOCCER AND WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL PROGRAMS THIS YEAR, AND THE UNIVERSITY SAYS NO FULL TIME STAFF JOBS WILL BE CUT, THOUGH 13 COACHING POSITIONS WERE ELIMINATED. A PLAYER ON THE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM SAYS THIS DECISION CAUGHT HIM OFF GUARD. HAC SAYS IT WILL KEEP E-SPORTS EXPAND INTRAMURAL CLUBS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND CONTINUE WOMEN’S FLAG FOOTBALL AS A CLUB SPORT. A HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS. NEXT WEEK. PENNDOT IS GOING TO BE DOING PATCHING WORK ON THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE GEORGIA BRIDGE THAT CARRIES I-81 OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. WEATHER PERMITTING, THE WORK WILL START SUNDAY NIGHT AT 6:00. GO UNTIL 4:00 THE NEXT MORNING, THEN IT WILL CONTINUE THAT OVERNIGHT CYCLE UNTIL THE PROJECT IS FINISHED. IT COULD BE ABOUT TWO WEEKS. YOU CAN EXPECT LANE RESTRICTIONS ON THE BRIDGE EACH NIGHT. AS PROM SEASON IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. IF YOU HAVE PROM THIS EVENING, YOU CAN EXPECT A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AROUND. I EXPECT A PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES FALLING FROM THE 70S DOWN INTO THE 60S. NICE EVENING WITH THOSE JUST HIT OR MISS SHOWERS. NOW, I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE DROUGHT MONITOR THAT I WAS GOING TO SHOW YOU THE UPDATE. WE JUST GOT THIS YESTERDAY. YOU CAN SEE THAT SEVERE DROUGHT IN ORANGE COLOR THERE HAS EXPANDED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF YORK COUNTY, EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY, AND THE SOUTHEASTERN TIP OF LEBANON COUNTY, AS WELL AS IN PARTS OF CHESTER AND BERKS COUNTY. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE DON’T WANT TO SEE HEADING INTO SPRING. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DO HAVE SOME DROUGHT BUSTING RAIN IN THE TEN DAY FORECAST. IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL SEE SOME LIGHT RAIN TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK, AND THEN TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK. SO IT’S ALL GOOD NEWS TO SEE THOSE SHOWERS. KEEP THEM COMING
Cumberland County crash hospitalizes 2 people, shuts down road
Updated: 12:18 PM EDT Apr 24, 2026
Two people were hospitalized after a crash in Cumberland County on Friday, according to emergency dispatchers. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. Two vehicles collided at West Trindle Road/Route 641 and South Middlesex Road in Middlesex Township at 11:34 a.m. Dispatch said two people were injured and transported to the hospital. Emergency crews remain at the scene. West Trindle Road/Route 641 is shut down in both directions between Horners and Hollenbaugh roads. PennDOT reports the estimated reopening time at 1:15 p.m. 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.
MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
Two people were hospitalized after a crash in Cumberland County on Friday, according to emergency dispatchers.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
Two vehicles collided at West Trindle Road/Route 641 and South Middlesex Road in Middlesex Township at 11:34 a.m.
Dispatch said two people were injured and transported to the hospital.
Emergency crews remain at the scene.
West Trindle Road/Route 641 is shut down in both directions between Horners and Hollenbaugh roads. PennDOT reports the estimated reopening time at 1:15 p.m.
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.