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UPDATE: Interstate 81 has cleared after tractor-trailer jackknifed in Lebanon County

UPDATE: Interstate 81 has cleared after tractor-trailer jackknifed in Lebanon County
LOCATIONS AND SHOWTIMES IN HOLLYWOOD. I’M DAVID DANIEL. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON WJBF. YALE NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. YOU ON YOUR ROOF. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES THIS MORNING AFTER ALREADY CAUSING FLOODING IN SOME PARTS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. TODAY IS AN IMPACT DAY. CHRISTINE WILL WALK US THROUGH THE FORECAST. MY DIRECTIVE IS TO COMPLETE THIS MISSION WITH NO INJURIES AND NO CASUALTIES. WE HAVE ALREADY LOST SIX MARYLANDERS. WE WILL NOT LOSE ANY MORE. MARYLAND’S GOVERNOR PAUSING CLEANUP WORK AT THE SITE OF THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, WE’LL GIVE YOU A NEW LOOK AT THE DEBRIS UNDERWATER THAT IS MAKING IT DANGEROUS FOR DIVE TEAMS TO EXERCISING BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT A GYM HERE IN YORK COUNTY THAT CONNECTS VETERANS TO HELP THEM HEAL. YOU CAN GET A WORKOUT BY DODGING THE RAINDROPS AS YOU RUN TO YOUR CAR ON THE WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING. TAKING A LIVE LOOK OVER HARRISBURG, LANCASTER, LEBANON IN YORK. RAINING ACROSS THE BOARD. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M KATELYN SMITH. I’M MATT BARCARO. THAT UMBRELLA HAS BEEN COMING IN HANDY ALL WEEK LONG. YEAH, REGINA HERE WITH THE. THERE WERE SOME ISSUES. BUT IT’S GETTING BETTER. OKAY? IT’S GETTING BETTER. ALL RIGHT? WE’RE DOING BETTER. HOW ABOUT THAT FORECAST, CHRISTINE I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S GETTING BETTER JUST YET, BUT IT WILL BE A LITTLE LATER ON. LET ME TAKE YOU LIVE OUTSIDE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS IS FRUITVILLE PIKE AND MAIN STREET IN MANHEIM. AND YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN IS FALLING LIGHTLY THERE, BUT ROADS ARE WET. YOU’LL HAVE TO WATCH FOR PONDING THIS MORNING. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW THE HEAVIEST RAIN OFF TO OUR NORTHEAST, BUT WE HAVE SOME HEAVY RAIN COMING IN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN THERE. FROM THE WEST. SO WE’LL SEE THAT INCREASING HERE SHORTLY. A FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT, MAKING IT AN IMPACT DAY FOR THE ENTIRE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. AND THAT GOES UNTIL 8 A.M. TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES MID 40S. THEY’RE GOING TO HOLD STEADY IN THE UPPER 40S THIS AFTERNOON. SO JUST LIKE YESTERDAY NOT MUCH CHANGE. WE HAVE THAT RAINY AND RAW FEEL TO THE DAY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN. THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND WE COULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2IN BY THE TIME IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE. SO WE’RE SEEING RAIN YESTERDAY. WE’RE SEEING IT TODAY. SO MAKE SURE THAT SOLVE A LOT OF TIME AND MAKING SURE YOUR CARS ARE IN GOOD ORDER BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING. WE DO HAVE THAT CRASH RIGHT NOW THAT IS SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT IS CLEARING JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE DO HAVE SOME VIDEO TO SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW OF INTERSTATE 81 SOUTHBOUND. RIGHT NOW. WE DO KNOW THAT THE CRASH HAPPENED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DAUPHIN COUNTY AND LEBANON COUNTY, AND YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC SLIGHTLY MOVING. IT IS GETTING JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES, AND WE’LL OF COURSE KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW IT IS GETTING JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER THERE ON INTERSTATE 81 SOUTHBOUND. WE DO KNOW OF A ROAD CLOSURE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF FLOODING ON RED TOP ROAD. THIS IS IN DAUPHIN COUNTY, BOTH WAYS, BETWEEN WILLOW CREEK LANE AND HERSHEY ROAD. WE DO KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE IMPACTING A LITTLE BIT OF TRAFFIC THERE. SO WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT. THE BELTWAY ALSO LOOKING PRETTY WET OUT THERE. WE’LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER UPDATE COMING UP IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. AND AS CHRISTINE AND REGINA REGINA HAVE BEEN TELLING US ABOUT THE FLOODING ON YOUR DRIVE IN THIS MORNING, COULD IMPACT YOUR COMMUTE. IF YOU SEE ANY HIGH WATER YOU DO WANT TO TURN AROUND. WE’VE GOT SOME VIDEO THERE FROM PLUM STREET IN LANCASTER YESTERDAY. THAT AREA OFTEN DOES FLOOD AND IT’S, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE DRIVERS, CAITLIN, BUT BUSINESSES ALSO SAID THAT THEY’RE AFFECTED WHEN THE ROADS FLOOD AS WELL. SO IN THIS FLOODS IT’S IT’S OUR MAIN ENTRYWAY FROM THE CITY AND IT CUTS IT OFF. AND SO PEOPLE CAN’T WALK. WE WE LOSE ALL OUR WALKING TRAFFIC. WE LOSE CAR TRAFFIC. OBVIOUSLY. SEE THE CARS GOING DOWN HERE FROM THIS DIRECTION. THEY GOT TO KEEP TURNING AROUND. SO IT’S MAKES IT BUSY OUT HERE. USUALLY WHEN THEY DON’T GET THE BARRIERS UP SOON ENOUGH, A CAR WILL GET STUCK. SO THEN THAT SHUTS IT DOWN FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF DAYS BECAUSE THEY GOT TO WAIT TO GET THE CAR TOWED OUT. SO JUST ONE MORE DAY OF THIS RAIN. REMEMBER? SEE THAT SIGN? TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN. DON’T DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED WATER. NOW IS A GOOD TIME IF YOU DON’T HAVE IT ALREADY. TO DOWNLOAD THE WJHL APP, YOU CAN ALSO TURN ON ALERTS SO THAT WE CAN NOTIFY YOU RIGHT AWAY. IF OUR ROAD CLOSURES, FLOODING CONCERNS, OR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST, YOU’LL GET THOSE UPDATES RIGHT TO YOUR PHONE. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT OUT OF TAIWAN, WHERE THE DEATH TOLL HAS GONE UP AGAIN AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE. THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKE IN YEARS THERE. LET’S GO BACK TO REGINA, WHO’S FOLLOWING THE LATEST ON THIS? YES, MATT AND CAITLIN. SO THIS IS THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE TO HIT THE ISLAND COUNTRY IN THE LAST 25 YEARS. TAIWAN’S NATIONAL FIRE AGENCY NOW SAYS AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED, MORE THAN 700 OTHERS WERE HURT, AND NEARLY 80 OTHERS REMAIN TRAPPED. AFTER THE QUAKE SHOOK THE ISLAND’S EAST COAST, THERE IS SOME EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WITH COLLAPSED BUILDINGS IN SOME AREAS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE THOUSANDS OF HOMES ALSO WITHOUT POWER, AND A MAJOR HIGHWAY IS CLOSED DUE TO LANDSLIDES, TSUNAMI WARNINGS ISSUED IN TAIWAN AND JAPAN HAVE BEEN LIFTED. AFTERSHOCKS ARE EXPECTED TO HIT THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. CAITLIN REGINA, THANK YOU. THIS MORNING WE ALSO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW AN INVESTIGATION INTO A STABBING IN YORK COUNTY. EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND TEN LAST NIGHT ON CHANNEL ROAD IN FAWN TOWNSHIP. ONE PERSON WAS STABBED AND NOW STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AND HAPPENING TODAY IN LANCASTER COUNTY. YOU MAY SEE A LARGE PRESENCE OF POLICE, FIRE AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE MOUNTVILLE AREA AS THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN A TRAINING DRILL. THE FIRST RESPONDERS WILL BE DOING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING TONIGHT. THIS IS RAIN OR SHINE FROM 530 TO 10. IT’S GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT FIELD OF SCREAMS. SO IF YOU LIVE NEAR THERE, YOU MIGHT HEAR SOME SIRENS, LOUD NOISES, MAYBE EVEN SEE HEAVILY ARMED RESPONDERS STAGING NEAR MOUNTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE MOUNTVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND FIELD OF SCREAMS, OF COURSE, IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. SPRING STREET THAT’S ALSO GOING TO BE CLOSED DURING THAT TRAINING. ALSO IN MOUNTVILLE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS LAST FRIDAY’S FIRE THAT KILLED A 65 YEAR OLD MAN WAS CAUSED BY CARELESS SMOKING. THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS HE SAW THE FIRE ON FRALIC AVENUE ON HIS WAY TO WORK, AND HE’S THE ONE WHO CALLED THE FIRE IN. THE CORONER IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS ROBERT KNOX AND SAYS HE DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION AND THERMAL BURNS RIGHT NOW, A MAN IS IN CUSTODY IN HARRISBURG IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING IN THE CITY. LAST WEEK. 21 YEAR-OLD CAMERON HUTCHINSON WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY. HE’S NOW FACING CHARGES FOR THE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LAST WEDNESDAY IN THE AREA OF NORTH 16TH AND BRIGGS STREETS. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THAT HUTCHINSON SHOT THE VICTIM, ELIJAH GONZALEZ, IN THE ARM, A CRASH THAT SENT TWO PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL IN YORK COUNTY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION THIS MORNING. EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS TELL US THAT CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 530 LAST NIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE BACKUP THERE ON ROUTE 30 WESTBOUND. THIS IS NEAR NORTH HILLS ROAD IN SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP. STATE POLICE IN YORK COUNTY LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO IS MISSING HERE. HE IS 47 YEAR OLD MICHAEL RUPERT. HE’S FROM RED LION. POLICE SAY HE WAS LAST SEEN YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY HE WAS DRIVING HIS RED 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 WITH THESE LICENSE PLATES. THIS LICENSE PLATE, IT’S A WIDE. L5830. AND NOW TO THE LATEST ON THAT BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. THAT ROUGH WEATHER IS AFFECTING RECOVERY AND CLEANUP OPERATIONS. MARYLAND’S GOVERNOR SAID CONCERNS ABOUT LIGHTING DID FORCE CREWS TO TEMPORARILY DELAY PLANS TO LIFT A 350 TON PIECE OF THE BRIDGE OUT OF THE WATER YESTERDAY. STILL, HE SAYS, WORK IS GETTING DONE THERE AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO THE COAST GUARD WAS OUT ON THE WATER YESTERDAY WORKING TO PUT OUT BUOYS TO HELP GUIDE THOSE SHIPS THROUGH A TEMPORARY CHANNEL THAT IS BUILT AROUND THE COLLAPSE. AND I’M THANKFUL THAT AFTER ONLY A WEEK AFTER THE COLLAPSE, WE HAVE PATHWAYS AND CHANNELS SO COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC CAN NOW MOVE THROUGH. BUT I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR WE ARE STILL A LONG WAY FROM BEING ABLE TO GET THE SIZE AND THE CADENCE OF THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC BACK TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE THE COLLAPSE. TWO TEMPORARY SHIPPING CHANNELS ARE NOW OPEN, AND THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO OPEN A THIRD THIS MORNING. WE ARE GETTING A NEW LOOK AT THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE FROM UNDER THE WATER. THESE ARE 3D SONAR IMAGES TAKEN BY THE US NAVY THAT SHOW THEM THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WRECKAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PATAPSCO RIVER. THE NAVY SAYS THIS IS THE RAZOR SHARP METAL THAT DIVE TEAMS WILL FACE AS THEY START CUTTING THE BRIDGE INTO SMALLER PIECES TO BE LIFTED OUT OF THE WATER. THE NAVY SAYS THE WATER ITSELF IS SO CLOUDY AND DARK THAT DIVERS CAN ONLY SEE ABOUT A FOOT OR TWO IN FRONT OF THEM, AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE AND WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW ONLINE AT WJHL.COM. ALSO, STAY TUNED FOR NEWS EIGHT TODAY AT 630 AS WE’LL BE GIVING YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DISASTER LOANS THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE COLLAPSE. 609 NOW IN A PROGRAM IN YORK COUNTY, IS HELPING VETERANS GET STRONGER. BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. SO THE BUSINESS OWNER BEHIND THIS PROGRAM, SHE ACTUALLY HAS SOME PERSONAL CONNECTIONS, IS THE REASON WHY SHE STARTED THE PROGRAM IN THE FIRST PLACE. LET’S GO TO NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS. SHE’S LIVE AT A GYM IN SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP. SHE’S BEEN WORKING OUT FOR US THIS MORNING TO SHOW SHOW US THIS NEW PROGRAM. GABRIELLE. GOOD MORNING, MATT AND CAITLIN. WELL, STELLAR FITNESS GYM HERE IN YORK COUNTY IS DOING THEIR PART TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS. NOW, WHEN VETERANS SERVE OUR COUNTRY, THEY EXPERIENCED SO MUCH TRAUMA. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO STRENGTHEN YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH THAN BLOWING OFF SOME STEAM HERE AT THE GYM? NOW HAVE TEA ALONG HERE. SHE’S THE OWNER TO YOUR NONPROFIT, IS CONNECTED TO YOUR GYM. UM, HOW DID THIS GET STARTED AND HOW DOES THIS SUPPORT VETERANS? UH, WELL, 2001, I LOST MY OLDEST SON IN A TRAUMATIC ACCIDENT. UH, THE TRAUMA OF THAT TOOK A TOLL ON MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. MANY YEARS LATER, I DECIDED TO START HEALING HEROES. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY. AND WHAT A GREAT WAY TO JUST GIVE THEM AN OUTLET. NOW, MATT. CAITLIN, I HAVE BRAD TRAGER HERE. HE’S A CLIENT. HE’S ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE VETERANS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. BRAD, WHAT ARE YOU EXPERIENCING MEAN? I MEAN, HOW IS THIS PROGRAM HELPING YOU? UH, I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE VARIETY OF WHAT PROGRAMS THEY HAVE HERE. EVERYTHING FROM PERSONAL TRAINING, UH, INDIVIDUAL CLASSES, GROUP GROUP CLASSES IS, UH, I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU HAVE, AND THEY HAVE THIS ABILITY FOR IT TO GIVE YOU. AND, UH, ONE OF OUR LEAST FAVORITE EXERCISES HERE IS CALLED THE SEAL WALK. UM, IT’S EVERYTHING FROM WEIGHT TRAINING TO BODY WEIGHT TRAINING TO CARDIOVASCULAR TRAINING. THERE’S JUST SUCH A VARIETY AND EVERY WORKOUT IS DIFFERENT. SO YOU’RE NOT IN HERE DOING THE SAME THREE EXERCISES THREE TIMES IN A ROW, THREE DAYS A WEEK. THEY MIX IT UP EVERY DAY. THEY HAVE MULTIPLE TRAINERS BETWEEN BRANDON T AND A COUPLE MORE. UM, AND THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, I THINK OTHER THAN THE OBVIOUS, THE PHYSICAL ADVANTAGE OF IT IS THE CAMARADERIE PIECE. A LOT OF VETERANS, THEY LOSE THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE THE MILITARY AND STRUGGLE TO FIND, UH, OUTLET FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER OR APPLY FOR THE VETERANS PROGRAM, YOU COULD DO SO ON OUR WEBSITE, WJHL.COM. I’M LIVE I
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UPDATE: Interstate 81 has cleared after tractor-trailer jackknifed in Lebanon County
A portion of Interstate 81 was shut down after a tractor-trailer jackknifed in East Hanover Township.Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.Crews were called to the southbound lanes near Exit 85, Route 934 (Annville/Fort Indiantown Gap), just before 3:30 a.m.Due to a small puncture in a saddle tank, a hazmat team was dispatched to the scene to offload the fuel.The interstate was at a standstill for an extended period of time. The crash has since cleared, and all lanes are open.No injuries were reported. For live traffic updates, click here. Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wgal.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

A portion of Interstate 81 was shut down after a tractor-trailer jackknifed in East Hanover Township.

Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.

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Crews were called to the southbound lanes near Exit 85, Route 934 (Annville/Fort Indiantown Gap), just before 3:30 a.m.

Due to a small puncture in a saddle tank, a hazmat team was dispatched to the scene to offload the fuel.

The interstate was at a standstill for an extended period of time.

The crash has since cleared, and all lanes are open.

No injuries were reported.

For live traffic updates, click here.

Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wgal.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.