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Multi-vehicle crash closes US 222 in Manheim Township

Multi-vehicle crash closes US 222 in Manheim Township
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    THIS MORNING IN YORK COUNTY. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M BRIAN ROCHE. THE U.S. AND CHINA HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT TO SLASH TARIFFS TO DEFUZE THE TRADE WAR. FOR AN INITIAL 90 DAY PERIOD, THE U.S. WILL LOWER ITS OVERALL TARIFFS ON CHINESE GOODS FROM 145% TO 30%. CHINA WILL CUT ITS LEVIES ON AMERICAN IMPORTS FROM 125%, DOWN TO 10%. THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE JOINT STATEMENT. OVER THE NEXT 90 DAYS, WE HAVE A MECHANISM TO MEET WITH THE CHINESE TRADE DELEGATION. AGAIN. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING TARIFFS, NON-TARIFF TRADE BARRIERS, CURRENCY, AND THERE’S SUBSIDIES OF LABOR AND CAPITAL AND HOW WE CAN OPEN UP CHINA TO AMERICAN BUSINESSES AND REBALANCE WHAT IS OUR MOST IMBALANCED, UNBALANCED TRADING RELATIONSHIP. THE FENTANYL RELATED TARIFFS, WHICH WERE PUT IN PLACE IN FEBRUARY, ARE STILL IN EFFECT. NOW, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, THIS NEWS WAS WELL RECEIVED ON WALL STREET TODAY. TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE DOW’S BIG BOARD. IT IS UP 863 POINTS. IT WAS APPROACHING 1000 POINTS UP EARLIER THIS MORNING. WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT A HAZMAT INCIDENT AT THE YORK COUNTY PRISON THAT SENT FIVE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL ON FRIDAY NIGHT. A STATEMENT FROM THE COUNTY SAYS THAT DURING ROUTINE SECURITY ROUNDS, SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE, PROMPTING STAFF TO CALL 911 FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PRISON STAFF MEMBERS, AND ONE MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL STAFF WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND OBSERVATION. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING TWO SHOOTINGS IN HARRISBURG THIS WEEKEND. BOTH OF THEM HAPPENED ABOUT A BLOCK FROM EACH OTHER WITHIN 24 HOURS. THE FIRST SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND 215 SATURDAY MORNING NEAR THE CORNER OF NORTH SECOND AND PINE STREETS. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY SAY THEY FOUND A WOMAN. ONE WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN SHOT. SHE WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. HER CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE SECOND SHOOTING HAPPENED ON CRANBERRY STREET, JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE FIRST SHOOTING AROUND 245 SUNDAY MORNING. HARRISBURG POLICE SAY THEY FOUND AN ADULT MALE HAD BEEN SHOT. THEY SAY HE LEFT IN A PRIVATE CAR TO GO TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. BOTH OF THESE SHOOTINGS ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AND IT’S NOT KNOWN IF THEY ARE CONNECTED. A CAR CARRIER FLIPPED OVER EARLY THIS MORNING ON INTERSTATE 83, IN YORK COUNTY, SPILLING FOUR VEHICLES IT WAS HAULING INTO A DITCH ALONGSIDE THE ROADWAY. THIS ROLLOVER CRASH HAPPENED IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES NEAR EXIT 35, ROUTE 177 LEWISBERRY IN FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP. AROUND 4:30 A.M. FOUR SUVS ENDED UP LYING ON THEIR SIDES AT THE BOTTOM OF A GRASSY DITCH. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE CAR CARRIER AND THE SPILLED VEHICLES HAVE ALL NOW BEEN TOWED AWAY. THE SCENE IS NOW CLEAR LESS THAN A MILE AWAY. A SEPARATE CRASH HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE 83 NORTHBOUND AROUND 545 THIS MORNING. THAT WRECK BLOCKED LANES OF TRAFFIC AND CAUSED ADDITIONAL DELAYS AND BACKUPS IN THE AREA FOR QUITE SOME TIME. NO WORD ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE ANY INJURIES FROM EITHER ONE OF THESE CRASHES. A FORMER PERRY COUNTY BUS DRIVER IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE TACKLED MULTIPLE THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE CHEST AND THIGH AREAS. AND WE’RE NOW HEARING FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT INVOLVED AND THE BUS COMPANY. STATE POLICE SAY 50 YEAR OLD JOHN STRAINING WOULD TICKLE STUDENTS ON THE BUS THAT HE DROVE FOR THE SUSQUENITA SCHOOL DISTRICT. EVEN WHEN THE STUDENTS ASKED HIM NOT TO DO IT, OFFICERS SAY THIS WAS CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO BETWEEN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR AND THIS APRIL. A STATEMENT FROM THE SUSQUENITA SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS IN PART, QUOTE, THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THIS INDIVIDUAL ARE DEEPLY TROUBLING. THE ROHRER BUS COMPANY IN DUNCANNON SAYS THEY FIRED TRAINING LAST MONTH FOR A MATTER UNRELATED TO THESE ALLEGATIONS. STRAINING WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AND IS BEING HELD IN THE PERRY COUNTY PRISON ON MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING INDECENT ASSAULT, INSTITUTIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT. CLICK IT OR TICKET. THAT’S THE MESSAGE FROM PENNSYLVANIA LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE NATIONAL CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN ACTUALLY STARTS TODAY. STATE DATA INDICATES THAT THERE WERE 10,569 CRASHES IN PENNSYLVANIA LAST YEAR, WHERE AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN THE CAR WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT. IN THOSE CRASHES, 311 PEOPLE WERE KILLED. AN ESTIMATED 94% OF THOSE KILLED, ACCORDING TO STATE OFFICIALS, COULD HAVE SURVIVED IF THEY HAD BUCKLED UP. CURRENTLY, THE COMMONWEALTH’S SEATBELT USAGE IS AT ABOUT 8,687%, ALTHOUGH THAT’S A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE, IT IS STILL FAR TOO LOW. EVERYBODY DESERVES TO ARRIVE ALIVE AT HOME FOR A GOOD TIME. THE CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN RUNS THROUGH THE 1ST OF JUNE. LET’S GET A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE NOW USING OUR SKYCAM NETWORK. SOME PRETTY BLUE SKIES, SOME WISPY WHITE CLOUDS IN SOME OF THOSE PICTURES. WHAT’S AHEAD FOR US TODAY? ON THIS MONDAY, HERE’S METEOROLOGIST MARYELLEN PANN. ALL RIGHT. THANKS A LOT BRIAN. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE GORGEOUS WEATHER WE HAD THIS WEEKEND THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR SKY CAM TIME LAPSE FROM THIS MORNING. A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE AND WE’RE STILL SEEING PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUDS IN THE SKY RIGHT NOW. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR LIVE YORK SKY CAM IMAGE. THERE YOU SEE SOME CLOUDS THERE IN THE DISTANCE. SOME MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT IN. TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING QUICKLY. WE HAVE LOW TO MID 70S, EVEN 81 DEGREES THERE ALREADY IN GETTYSBURG, 76. IN YORK, 75 IN NEW FREEDOM, 72 IN LEBANON. AND HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. YOU’LL SEE THAT THICKER CLOUD BANK THERE TO THE SOUTHWEST. THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THOSE SHOWERS SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL WE GET INTO THE EVENING. AND WE’RE JUST TALKING ABOUT AN ISOLATED THREAT. YOUR NEXT 12 HOUR FORECAST SHOWS THOSE CLOUDS INCREASING AS WE GET THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS WILL TOP OUT AROUND 80 DEGREES, SO A WARM ONE IN STORE FOR US FOR SURE. JUST AN ISOLATED SHOWER THREAT AFTER SUNSET. A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA ONCE WE GET BEYOND MIDNIGHT. I’LL TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH RAIN WE’RE GOING TO SEE AND HOW LONG IT’S GOING TO BE WITH US THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TOMORROW IS AN IMPACT DAY. I’LL TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR. IF YOU’RE MAKING YOUR WAY OUT AND ABOUT THROUGH THE DAY. THANK YOU, MARY ELLEN. THE PRESIDENT IS TRAVELING TO THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY. HE WILL TRAVEL TO SAUDI ARABIA WHILE ALSO MAKING STOPS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND QATAR. DURING THE FIRST FOUR DAY TRIP. I’M SORRY. DURING THE FOUR DAY TRIP, THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON BUSINESS DEALS AND NEW INVESTMENTS FROM THE OIL RICH REGION. NEW AT NOON, ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS AMERICAN ISRAELI HOSTAGES RELEASED IN THE GAZA STRIP IS NOW WITH THE RED CROSS. EDEN ALEXANDER IS A DUAL U.S. AND ISRAELI CITIZEN. U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF CONFIRMED TO NBC NEWS THAT ALEXANDER HAS BEEN RELEASED. WITKOFF SAYS HE IS TRAVELING TO ISRAEL FOR IT. ALEXANDER WAS SERVING IN THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES WHEN HE WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE ON OCTOBER THE 7TH, 2023, ALONG WITH ABOUT 250 OTHERS. YESTERDAY, POPE LEO THE 14TH, THE FIRST POPE FROM THE U.S., GAVE HIS FIRST ADDRESS SINCE HIS ELECTION. MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE GATHERED FOR THE NEW POPE’S FIRST BLESSING. FIRST SUNDAY BLESSING. HIS MESSAGE WAS FOCUSED ON PEACE. DURING A TIME OF RISING TENSION WORLDWIDE. AND TODAY’S DRAMATIC SCENARIO OF A THIRD WORLD WAR BEING FOUGHT PIECEMEAL. AS POPE FRANCIS SAID, I, TOO, TURNED TO THE WORLD’S LEADERS WITH AN EVER TIMELY APPEAL. NEVER AGAIN WAR. AS BIG AS THE CROWD WAS ON SUNDAY, EVEN GREATER NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO FILL SAINT PETER’S SQUARE DURING POPE LEO’S INSTALLATION MASS NEXT SUNDAY, AND IN HIS HOMETOWN OF CHICAGO, THE HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL HONORS THE START OF HIS PAPACY AT SUNDAY MASS. CHARLOTTE GRAY HAS THAT. A SPECIAL MASS WAS HELD HERE AT HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL FOR POPE LEO THE 14TH. MANY WE SPOKE TO SAY THEY’RE PRAYING FOR UNITY. SO LET’S TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO PRAY FOR OUR NEW POPE, LEO THE 14TH. IT WAS AN OVERFLOW CROWD FOR HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL’S 1030 SUNDAY MORNING MASS. KEVIN SCHWEISS COULDN’T MISS THE MOMENT WE GOT THE POPE. WE GOT LOVE, WE GOT SUNSHINE, WE GOT MOTHER’S DAY. WE’RE WINNING. HIS MOTHER AND A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, NANCY COBB. SAY POPE LEO THE 14TH GIVES THEM HOPE. HE SEEMS SO DOWN TO EARTH. AND WE ALL NEED HOPE. AND I THINK HE WILL UNIFY A LOT OF US. ALICE VILLALOBOS IS FROM LA AND CAME TO CHICAGO TO CELEBRATE HER 62ND BIRTHDAY. SHE SAYS SHE’S A PROUD CATHOLIC, SO IT WAS A MUST TO ATTEND CHURCH AS SOON AS IT WAS ANNOUNCED AND WE WERE COMING HERE, WE GOT TO COME TO A CHURCH AND WE WERE GOING TO GO TO HIS HOMETOWN. BUT WE SLEPT LATE TODAY. VILLALOBOS ALSO WANTED TO SHARE IN BASEBALL FANDOM WITH THE POPE. WE’RE GOING TO A WHITE SOX GAME JUST FOR HIM. EVEN THOUGH WE’RE DODGER FANS. GO DODGERS! WHILE PART OF THE MASS WAS DEDICATED TO POPE LEO. LORD, I AM SO THANKFUL. EVEN AT MY OLD AGE, YOU HAVE GRANTED ME THIS BLESSING TO SEE AN AMERICAN POPE IS BEAUTIFUL, ISN’T IT? YOU CAN’T FORGET MANY PARISHIONERS CAME TO CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY. I THINK IT’S A COMBINATION OF BOTH. ALSO, THE BEAUTIFUL SPRING WEATHER IN CHICAGO. GRADUATION FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. SO PEOPLE, FAMILIES ARE IN TOWN. IT’S JUST A GREAT IT’S A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE, A GREAT DAY TO BE CATHOLIC, AND A GREAT DAY TO COME TOGETHER TO THANK GOD FOR THE GIFT OF SO MANY THINGS, MANY AT HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL SAY IT’S THEIR HOPE, THE INSPIRATION THAT
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    Multi-vehicle crash closes US 222 in Manheim Township
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    Updated: 4:01 PM EDT May 15, 2025
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    A multi-vehicle crash closed U.S. 222 in Manheim Township, Lancaster County. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8. The crash happened around 3:10 p.m. Monday on U.S. 222 southbound between the Oregon Pike Exit and Exit 30 west. There are residual delays in the area. No injuries have been confirmed. The number of vehicles involved is not clear. According to 511PA, all lanes of the highway are closed for over an hour.

    A multi-vehicle crash closed U.S. 222 in Manheim Township, Lancaster County.

    Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.

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    The crash happened around 3:10 p.m. Monday on U.S. 222 southbound between the Oregon Pike Exit and Exit 30 west.

    There are residual delays in the area.

    No injuries have been confirmed.

    The number of vehicles involved is not clear.

    According to 511PA, all lanes of the highway are closed for over an hour.