CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. WHAT WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT THE CRASH. WGAL NEWS EIGHT BEGINS WITH BREAKING NEWS. AND RIGHT NOW, CREWS ARE RESPONDING TO A MAJOR FIRE IN DRUMORE TOWNSHIP IN LANCASTER COUNTY. WELCOME TO NEWS EIGHT AT FIVE, EVERYONE. I’M BRIAN ROACH, I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS TELL US THE CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER 3:00 AT FRY’S PALLET COMPANY ON BUCK HEIGHTS ROAD. YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE SCENE. SMOKE FROM THE FIRE CAN APPARENTLY BE SEEN FOR MILES AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SOME. THERE IS A LOT OF BILLOWING SMOKE THERE IN THAT FIELD. BUT THIS IS WHAT THE SCENE LOOKED LIKE EARLIER. A NEWS EIGHT VIEWER SENT THESE PICTURES INTO US AS THE FLAMES WERE AT THEIR PEAK. WE’RE WORKING TO GET MORE INFORMATION CONFIRMED ON WHAT EXACTLY CAUSED THIS FIRE, AND WE’LL KEEP UPDATING YOU BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WGAL DOT COM. ALSO IN SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY, POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A PERSON WHO FIRED SHOTS AT A HOUSE LAST NIGHT, THE LANCASTER SCHOOL DISTRICT CLOSED THE HIGH SCHOOL TODAY TO STUDENTS AS A RESULT OF THAT INCIDENT. THAT’S THE SOLANCO SCHOOL DISTRICT. WGAL NEWS EIGHT’S MEREDITH JORGENSEN EXPLAINS THE CONNECTION AND WHERE THE INVESTIGATION STANDS. BRIAN AND SUSAN. THE SOLANCO SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS A HIGH SCHOOL EMPLOYEE LIVES IN THE HOUSE THAT WAS HIT BY GUNFIRE LAST NIGHT. SO OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, THE DISTRICT ASKED STUDENTS TO STAY HOME FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL HERE TO TODAY. BUT WE’VE JUST LEARNED THAT FROM A SOLANCO OFFICIAL THAT HIGH SCHOOL WILL RUN AS NORMAL TOMORROW. THE SHOTS FIRED INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 9:00 LAST NIGHT ON THE 200 BLOCK OF MEADOW LANE IN QUARRYVILLE BOROUGH. DETECTIVES SAY SOMEONE FIRED FIVE SHOTS AT THE HOUSE, WHILE THREE PEOPLE WERE INSIDE. NO ONE WAS HURT. THE QUARRYVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THE COUNTY FORENSICS UNIT AND COUNTY DETECTIVES TO HELP FIND THE SHOOTER. OFFICERS ARE LOOKING AT FOOTAGE FROM NEARBY DOORBELL CAMERAS AND OUTDOOR SECURITY SYSTEMS IN THE DAYLIGHT. THE DAMAGE TO THE HOME IS STILL VISIBLE TODAY. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD NOT CONFIRM WHO THE EMPLOYEE IS. THE POLICE CHIEF ASSURES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THOUGH THEY ARE SAFE AND THEIR TIPS ARE ALREADY PROVING HELPFUL. WE RECEIVED SEVERAL TIPS THROUGH CRIME WATCH. WE HAVE FOLKS THAT HAVE A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR OFFICERS WHO’VE ACTUALLY PASSED THE INFORMATION TO THEM. WE DO, IN MY OPINION. WE HAVE SOME VERY GOOD LEADS. WE ARE FOLLOWING UP ON THOSE LEADS RIGHT NOW. FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS REPORTED. TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AS NORMAL TODAY. AGAIN THOUGH, TOMORROW THE DISTRICT SAYS. ITS 1000 OR SO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OVER THE FOUR GRADES HERE SHOULD COME BACK TO SCHOOL. AS FOR THE QUARRYVILLE CHIEF, AS FOR THE QUARRYVILLE POLICE, THE CHIEF SAYS THAT IT IS A SMALL DEPARTMENT, BUT HE SAYS THEY ARE WELL TRAINED AND DETERMINED TO SOLVE THIS CASE QUICKLY. IN EAST DRUMORE TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. A SHOOTING AT A MOTEL SIX IN DAUPHIN COUNTY WOUNDED A PERSON AND A DOG. SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED TO A SHOTS FIRED CALL AT THE MOTEL ON NORTH FRONT STREET. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THEY FOUND ONE PERSON AND ONE DOG. BOTH HAD BEEN SHOT. THE PERSON AND THE DOG WERE TRANSPORTED FOR INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF THE SHOOTING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL POLICE. THE SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT NUMBER IS ON THE SCREEN HERE. AT (717) 652-8265. THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FILED CHARGES AGAINST THE FORMER NEWVILLE BOROUGH MANAGER FOR MISMANAGING FUNDS AND COVERING UP THE TRANSACTIONS. NEWS EIGHT’S BARBARA BARR HAS MORE FROM NEWVILLE ON THE REPERCUSSIONS. OWNS THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALLEGES FORMER NEWVILLE BOROUGH MANAGER FRED PATZER MISMANAGED BOROUGH AND WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY FUNDS TO THE TUNE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER ABOUT A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. AND NOW NEWVILLE RESIDENTS ARE PAYING THE PRICE. THERE WAS A LOT OF ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL, AND THAT HAS LED TO CRIMINAL CHARGES, INCLUDING TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC RECORDS AND ACCESS DEVICE FRAUD AGAINST PATZER. IT IS ALLEGED THAT PATZER IMPROPERLY UTILIZED UTILIZE NEWVILLE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY MONIES TO PAY FOR NEWVILLE BOROUGH EXPENSES. ONE EXAMPLE AUTHORITIES CITE IS BUYING A NEW POLICE VEHICLE. THEY SAY HE WOULD COVER UP DOZENS OF SIMILAR TRANSACTIONS AS THIS WAS, IN AN EFFORT TO COVER UP HIS MISMANAGEMENT AND MISAPPROPRIATION OF NEUVILLE’S FINANCIAL FUNDS. THE BOROUGH TREASURER DISCOVERED IRREGULARITIES WHEN PATZER BECAME ILL IN DECEMBER OF 2022. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS THERE’S NO EVIDENCE HE PUT MONEY IN HIS OWN POCKET, BUT THE MANEUVERING LEFT NEWVILLE IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE. PROPERTY TAXES PRETTY MUCH DOUBLED AND, UM, THE ITE TAX BECAUSE WITH ACT 47, YOU NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO RAISE ITE TAX. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN LAYOFFS AND NEWVILLE FILED FOR DISTRESSED COMMUNITY STATUS. THE BOROUGH COUNCIL PRESIDENT TELLS ME THERE ARE ALSO NOW CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN IN NEWVILLE. BARBARA BARR NEWS EIGHT. A VERY NICE DAY ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY TODAY. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS GORGEOUS. IT WAS A WINDOWS DOWN, ROOF OPEN KIND OF DAY. AND ETHAN HUSTON IS HERE. AND I DON’T THINK I’M GOING TO LIKE THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, BUT WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, BE PREPARED FOR THE CLOUDS TO MOVE BACK IN. EVENTUALLY THE RAIN CHANCES WILL GO UP, BUT NOT UNTIL TOMORROW. SO IT IS GOING TO BE PLEASANT THIS EVENING. SO YOU GOT A FEW MORE HOURS TO ENJOY THIS GORGEOUS STRETCH OF WEATHER THAT WE’VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. AND I DO EXPECT IT IS GOING TO STAY MILD THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT, AS CLOUDS START MOVING BACK IN. CURRENTLY TAKING A LIVE LOOK OVER GETTYSBURG. WE ARE HEADING INTO THE GOLDEN HOUR. IT IS JUST FANTASTIC OUT THERE ACROSS THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES CURRENTLY HOLDING IN THE 70S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION RIGHT NOW 77 DEGREES IN GETTYSBURG. WINDS ARE LIGHT OUT OF THE WEST AT NINE MILES PER HOUR. BUT HERE’S THE KICKER LOOK AT THOSE LOW DEW POINTS. HUMIDITY VALUES JUST 26% OUT THERE. THAT’S WHY IT FEELS COMFY. DOUBLE COMPARED TO THIS TIME YESTERDAY WHEN TEMPERATURES WERE AT SIMILAR READINGS RIGHT NOW 72 IN LANCASTER, 75. IF YOU’RE WATCHING US IN LEBANON AND THERE’S THOSE LOW DEW POINTS RIGHT NOW HOLDING IN THE 30S AND 40S. SO WE’VE GOT CLEAR SKIES. THEREFORE IT’S A CLEAR SCAN ON THE RADAR. BUT THIS IS WHAT’S COMING DOWN THE PIKE. WE’RE TRACKING SOME STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS AND A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER PLAINS THAT WILL WORK ITS WAY TO THE EAST. IT WILL WEAKEN BEFORE IT GETS HERE, AND THE RAIN CHANCES WILL START RISING THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. SO OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS, IT’S JUST THE CLOUDS THAT START TO MOVE IN THROUGH THE NIGHT. TONIGHT, WITH LOWS IN THE 50S, RAIN CHANCES WILL START TO RISE MID-MORNING TOMORROW. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE AND HOW MUCH RAIN WE EXPECT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. COMING UP IN THE UPDATED TEN DAY FORECAST, PART OF ROUTE 30 IN YORK IS STILL CLOSED EIGHT HOURS AFTER THIS FATAL CHAIN REACTION CRASH OCCURRED. OF COURSE, WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ALL DAY LONG. WGAL NEWS EIGHT’S ANNE SHANNON HAS BEEN THERE ALL DAY FOR NEWS EIGHT, AND SHE JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST. HEY GOOD AFTERNOON. TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROAD, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW BECAUSE CREWS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CLEARING THE SCENE AT THIS HOUR. THERE IS ONE VEHICLE STILL LEFT THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. A LOT OF DEBRIS ON THE ROADWAY THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT IS SNACKS AND CARDBOARD BOXES THAT CAME OUT OF THE BOX TRUCK DURING THIS CRASH. WE DO EXPECT THIS ROADWAY TO OPEN IN THE NEXT HOUR. SO HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE ACCIDENT SO FAR. ONE PERSON IS DEAD. EIGHT PEOPLE WERE HURT AFTER 13 VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH ALONG ROUTE 30 EASTBOUND AROUND 830 THIS MORNING. NOW POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED. THERE IS. AND HE IS MOVING IN THIS VIDEO CAPTURED MOMENTS BEFORE THE CRASH, MARK JESMER SAYS YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE WHITE BOX TRUCKS HEADING DOWN ROUTE 30. IT’S A BUSY STRETCH OF ROAD. SECONDS LATER, THERE’S A FLASH. MARK BELIEVES THAT’S THE MOMENT OF IMPACT. WE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND JUST SAW A TON OF, YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL OVER THERE, NINE CAR PILE UP. I GUESS IT WAS, UM, AND WE JUST SAT THERE AND WATCHED AS EVERYTHING CAME IN AND, UH, THEY GOT OUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE JAWS OF LIFE TO TAKE OFF THE TOP OF THE ROOF. YEAH. POLICE TELL US. IN ALL, IT WAS TOUGH TO TELL, BUT THERE WERE 13 VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. ONE OF THEM WAS A VAN THAT WAS CARRYING SCHOOL CHILDREN. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THAT VEHICLE. EVERYBODY GOT OUT. OKAY. AGAIN, THE INVESTIGATION DOES CONTINUE. WE DO EXPECT HOPEFULLY THIS ROADWAY TO BE CLEARED UP IN THE NEXT HOUR. AND POLICE TELL US THAT THEY WILL BE RELEASING MORE INFORMATION AS THE DAY GOES ON IN WEST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY. ANNE SHANNON WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AND THAT TAKES US TO A CHECK OF THE TRAFFIC MAP AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS THE AREA AFFECTED BY THAT ACCIDENT. NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF YORK. THE PURPLE AREA INDICATES ALL OF THE SECTION OF ROUTE 30 THAT IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW. OF COURSE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT AND LET YOU KNOW IF AND WHEN THAT ROAD REOPENS. STATE POLICE SAY THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES WHEN A SCHOOL BUS REAR ENDED. ANOTHER SCHOOL BUS NEAR SUSQUENITA HIGH SCHOOL IN PERRY COUNTY. THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST AFTER 730 THIS MORNING ON STATE ROAD IN PENN TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY BOTH BUSSES WERE FULLY LOADED. 36 STUDENTS HAD MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. IN A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON CRASH LAST NIGHT IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. NEWS EIGHT’S TOM LEHMAN IS LIVE IN SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, WITH MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED THERE. TOM. YEAH, BRIAN AND SUSAN. THAT CRASH HAPPENING A LITTLE BIT DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE I’M STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO WEST TRINDLE ROAD, JUST EAST OF CARLISLE. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS CRASH HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. SOME OF THE DEBRIS STILL VISIBLE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD EARLIER TODAY. NOW, STATE POLICE SAY THIS CRASH HAPPENED ABOUT 6 P.M. LAST NIGHT AS A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WAS HEADING WESTBOUND TOWARD CARLISLE STATE POLICE SAY HIS LIGHTS AND SIRENS WERE ON AND THAT THE DEPUTY WAS HEADED TO A DISPATCHED CALL. NOW, AS THE DEPUTY WAS PASSING BY WESTBOUND TRAFFIC AT HORNER’S ROAD, STATE POLICE SAY THE DEPUTY WENT INTO THE EASTBOUND LANES AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. NEITHER DRIVER RECEIVED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND THE DEPUTY HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL, ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF. NOW, THE MATTER REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE. THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DECLINED TO COMMENT EARLIER TODAY, CITING THE ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. WE’LL NOTE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AT THE TIME WE’RE DEALING WITH WHAT WAS FOUND TO BE AN UNFOUNDED BOMB THREAT AT THE PRISON HERE. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THAT DISPATCH CALL WAS CONNECTED TO THAT INCIDENT, WHICH WAS CLEARED AROUND 7 P.M. NOW, THE AREA WHERE THIS CRASH HAPPENED JUST UP THE ROAD, THERE’S A HILL THERE. IT’S HARD TO SEE OVER IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN THAT AREA. AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK AROUND HERE WHO DIDN’T WANT TO TALK ON CAMERA TOLD ME THEY SEE A LOT OF CRASHES AROUND HERE. UNFORTUNATELY, IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, TOM LEHMAN WGAL NEWS EIGHT. A LANCASTER MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR A DEADLY HIT AND RUN IN 2021 THAT KILLED A PEDIATRICIAN, A JUDGE SENTENCED 54 YEAR OLD RODOLFO PAREDES TO 3 TO 6 YEARS IN PRISON. HE PLEADED GUILTY IN JANUARY TO CHARGES. OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY, AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DEATH. WHILE NOT LICENSED. POLICE SAY HE WAS DRIVING A WORK VAN THAT HIT DOCTOR STEVEN KYLLO IN OCTOBER 2021, WHILE HE WAS CROSSING CHESTNUT STREET AT PRINCE STREET IN LANCASTER. DOCTOR KYLLO DIED IN NOVEMBER. INVESTIGATORS SAY PAREDES HELPED THE VICTIM TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE HE LEFT THE SCENE, WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY INFORMATION TO POLICE. PAREDES SAID HE GOT SCARED AND LEFT THE SCENE BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE A VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE. COMING UP, ALL NEW ON NEWS EIGHT AT FIVE. DO NOT TRY TO DECEIVE ME. DEFY ME. YOU WILL NOT. NOT LIKE THE CONSEQUENCES. IS TODAY IS THAT DAY A JUDGE MAKES SUCH A DEFINITIVE RULING? HE SHATTERS HIS GAVEL. WHO WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT BENCH? AND WHAT THEY DID. HI, I’M JEFF ROSSEN, COMING UP ON ROSSEN REPORTS. YOU’VE HEARD OF TIKTOK SHOP. YOU’VE HEARD OF TEEMU. THESE ARE THE HOTTEST NEW PLACES TO SHOP ONLINE. BUT WHAT’S THE QUALITY LIKE? WHAT’S THE SHIPPING TIME LIKE? WE WANT SHOPPING. YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO. WE BOUGHT A LOT OF STUFF, FROM VACUUMS TO THERMOSES TO SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS. WE’RE TESTING IT ALL. WE’RE GOING TO BE THE FULL REPORT CARD. ROSSEN REPORTS COMING UP. AND THERE IS A MASSIVE LINE AND TRUMP PROTESTERS AND COUNTER PROTESTERS AND IT’S LIKE, WELL, I’M EITHER ON THAT TRIAL OR ONE DOWN THE HALL FROM THAT. DONALD TRUMP MAY BE GOING FOR A LONG TIME WITHOUT A JURY FOR HIS TRIAL. THE RIGOROUS PROCESS TO GET AN IMPARTIAL JURY OF 12 TO HEAR HIS ALLEGED HUSH MONEY CASE, POPULAR COUNTRY MUSIC ARTIST JELLY ROLL COULD BE AN ILLEGAL JAM. WHY A PENNSYLVANIA BAND IS SUING HIM AND IT’S TIME TO SPRING CLEAN. EVERY PART OF YOUR LIFE, NOT JUST THE BASEBOARDS AND THE TILES AND THE FLOORS. I’M ON YOUR SIDE TONIGHT AT SIX WITH HOW THE EXPERTS SAY YOU SHOU