Reports of crash with injuries in Bercknock Township (2024)

AND ONE STORM CHANCES RISE ONCE AGAIN. COMING UP ON NEWS EIGHT AT SIX. STANDING WITH ISRAEL. WHAT THE STATE SENATE DID TODAY TO SHOW ITS SUPPORT AND HOW IT COULD PENALIZE COLLEGES THAT BOYCOTT OR DIVEST FROM THE JEWISH STATE. WE’RE NOW JUST HOURS AWAY FROM THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. WE TALK WITH SUPPORTERS ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE TONIGHT. SPEED KILLS. WHETHER YOU’RE OUT ON THE WATER OR ON A ROAD. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BE SAFE. OVER THE 4TH OF JULY, THE STATE SENATE SENDS A MESSAGE IT SUPPORTS ISRAEL AND WILL DEFUND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES THAT DIVEST FROM THE ISRAELI BONDS OR COMPANIES. GOOD EVENING TO YOU. I’M LORI BURKHOLDER AND I’M JERE GISH. TODAY’S VOTE ALSO BARS THE COMMONWEALTH FROM DIVESTING FROM ISRAEL. LET’S GO TO TOM LEHMAN. HE JOINS US LIVE NOW WITH MORE ON TODAY’S VOTE. TOM. YEAH. THE 41 TO 7 DECISION TODAY HERE AT THE CAPITOL FOLLOWS PROTESTS ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA AT UNIVERSITIES AS WELL AS THE CAPITOL, CALLING FOR DIVESTMENT AND BOYCOTTS INTO ISRAEL AND ISRAELI COMPANIES. BUT SUPPORTERS OF THE LEGISLATION PASSED TODAY SAID DIVESTMENT COULD HURT ISRAEL’S ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF FOLLOWING THE ATTACK BY HAMAS LAST YEAR. PROTESTERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED AT PENN AND AT THE PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL DEMANDING AN END TO INVESTMENTS TOWARD ISRAEL. BUT A BILL PASSED BY PENNSYLVANIA SENATE THURSDAY BARS THE TREASURY AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS FROM DIVESTING FROM ISRAEL OR ISRAELI COMPANIES. PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES THAT DIVEST COULD ALSO LOSE PUBLIC FUNDING. IT DOESN’T IMPACT ANYONE’S FREE SPEECH RIGHTS. STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS AND ADMINISTRATORS WOULD STILL BE FREE TO SPEAK AS THEY WISH. THEY’D STILL BE FREE TO PROTEST AND ASSEMBLE PEACEFULLY UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT. BUT IF THE SCHOOLS TOOK THAT STEP, THERE WOULD BE A CONSEQUENCE. CRITICS OF THE BILL AND ISRAEL’S OFFENSIVE IN GAZA SAY ISRAELI INVESTMENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, AND THE LEGISLATION SIMPLY SEEKS TO STIFLE OPPOSING VOICES. NOBODY NEEDS TO AGREE WITH EVERYBODY, RIGHT? SO BUT BUT EVERYBODY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO RESPECT THEIR THEIR CORE FREEDOMS AND, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES. ONCE WE ENTER THIS LIKE, YOU KNOW, INTENTION READING PROCESS AND THEN LIKE PASS BILLS AROUND IT, YOU’RE OPENING THE CAN OF WORMS. THAT’S THAT WILL HAVE NO STOPPAGE. PRIME SPONSOR SENATOR STEVE SANTARSIERO SAID HE’S HOPEFUL THE HOUSE WILL END UP TAKING UP THE MEASURE AND PASSING IT AS GOVERNOR. JOSH SHAPIRO HAS SAID HE WILL SIGN IT IN HARRISBURG, TOM LEHMAN WGAL NEWS EIGHT. TOM, THANK YOU. SOME PEOPLE IN LANCASTER COUNTY GOT EMAILS THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY CAME FROM THE COUNTY, BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY PHISHING EMAILS. AND YOUR SIDE REPORTER SUSAN SHAPIRO EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED. A PHISHING EMAIL THAT’S PHISHING WITH A PH CONTAINS LINKS THAT IF YOU CLICK ON, CAN TEMPORARILY COMPROMISE EMAIL ACCOUNTS AND CREATE A CHAIN REACTION OF FURTHER PHISHING EMAILS. THIS IS THE ONE THAT ENDED UP BEING SENT OUT TO LANCASTER COUNTY RESIDENTS AFTER AN OFFICE OF AGING EMPLOYEE INTERACTED WITH AN EMAIL THAT CAME FROM THE EMAIL ACCOUNT OF A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY. IT HAS THE SUBJECT LINE THAT YOU CAN SEE COUNTY TAX. IT SAYS SO AND SO. THE NAME WAS THERE, SENT YOU A SECURE MESSAGE. PLEASE ACCESS THIS MESSAGE BEFORE JULY SEVENTH. SECURE EMAILS EXPIRE AFTER TEN DAYS. CLICK HERE TO READ THE MESSAGE AND FOR INSTRUCTIONS AND MORE INFORMATION, CLICK THE HELP AND INFORMATION LINK AT THE BOTTOM. ON THIS MESSAGE, THE COUNTY SAYS ITS IT DEPARTMENT HAS NEUTRALIZED THE ISSUE AND THAT RESIDENTS WILL NO LONGER RECEIVE THESE EMAILS. IT SAYS IT’S CHECKED AND SECURED ALL OTHER COUNTY EMAIL ACCOUNTS AND THE COUNTY’S INTERNAL NETWORK WAS NEVER COMPROMISED. NOW, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS LOOK REAL, BUT IF YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR EMAILS, YOU KNOW THE DRILL. DELETE THEM IMMEDIATELY. SUSAN SHAPIRO ON YOUR SIDE. WGAL NEWS EIGHT. SUSAN, THANKS FOR THAT. A DAUPHIN COUNTY COUPLE CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT AFTER POLICE SAY THEY REPEATEDLY PUT TWO CHILDREN IN DOG CRATES IS NOW HEADED TO TRIAL. THOSE CHILDREN’S GREAT GRANDFATHER, 62 YEAR OLD SCOTT NORVELL, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, 59. YEAR-OLD DEBBIE MECK, WAIVED THEIR PRELIMINARY HEARING THIS MORNING, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS. THE TWO CHILDREN, AGES 11 AND 12, WERE PLACED INTO FOSTER CARE BECAUSE OF THE DEPLORABLE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THEIR HOME ON DWIGHT AVENUE IN LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP. INVESTIGATORS SAY THOSE CHILDREN TOLD THEIR FOSTER PARENTS THAT NORVELL AND PLACED THEM IN DOG CRATES THREE TIMES AS A FORM OF PUNISHMENT. NORVELL TRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER NINTH, AND A CHESTER COUNTY MAN IS CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE OF HIS 20 MONTH OLD STEPSON, 30 YEAR OLD ENRIQUE LOPEZ GOMEZ IS CHARGED WITH THIRD DEGREE MURDER. ALSO, INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DETERMINED THAT LITTLE BOY DIED OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE ABDOMEN. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE HOME ON COPE ROAD IN KENNETT TOWNSHIP LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THAT BOY DIED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WELL, YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE STAGE IN ATLANTA WHERE IN JUST UNDER THREE HOURS, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL SQUARE OFF IN THEIR FIRST DEBATE. POLLS SHOW THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS RAZOR CLOSE IN. BOTH CANDIDATES WILL TRY TO MOVE THE NEEDLE IN TONIGHT’S DEBATE. NEWS EIGHT’S BARBARA BARR TALK WITH CAMPAIGN SURROGATES ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SHOWDOWN, AND IS HERE NOW WITH REACTION. BARBARA. JERRY. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL MEET IN THIS UNUSUAL JUNE DEBATE MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THERE WILL BE NO LIVE AUDIENCE TONIGHT IN THE CANDIDATES MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED UNLESS IT’S THEIR TURN TO SPEAK. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE FORMAT? THE SEMANTICS OF YOU KNOW, MUTED MIKES AND THAT JUST REALLY JUST DOESN’T HAVE AN EFFECT ON HIM. YOU KNOW, HE’S JUST GOING TO SPEAK THE TRUTH IF THEY TRY TO MUTE HIS MIC. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SO SMART THEY’RE GOING TO SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT. I THINK IT FAVORS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO GET A DEBATE WHERE WE DON’T HAVE CANDIDATES PLAYING TO THE AUDIENCE, WHERE YOU DON’T HAVE CANDIDATES TALKING OVER ONE ANOTHER WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES, VOTERS RATE THE BORDER AND IMMIGRATION AS A MAJOR CONCERN. REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THEY HAVE AN EDGE. WE HAVE HAD UP TO DATE, 10 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COME ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN BORDER, 30 TONS OF FENTANYL, 360 NAMES OFF THE TERROR WATCH LIST. ALL OF THIS HAS COME ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN BORDER UNDER JOE BIDEN. JOE BIDEN WORKED WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE TO CRAFT A BIPARTISAN BORDER DEAL THAT WOULD SECURE OUR BORDERS. THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE ON THIS STAGE THAT DESTROYED THAT DEAL, AND THAT WAS DONALD TRUMP, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO KEEP THE BORDER AS A POLITICAL ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN. DEMOCRATS THINK REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE WILL HELP THEM WITH SUBURBAN WOMEN IN BATTLEGROUND STATES SUCH AS PENNSYLVANIA, THE VISION THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PUTTING FORWARD, ONE WHERE WE PROTECT OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND OUR FREEDOMS, PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT HIS POSITION. HE REALLY BELIEVES THAT THAT IS AN ISSUE FOR THE STATE. NOW, THE SUPPORTERS GIVE US A LITTLE PREVIEW OF WHAT THE CANDIDATES POSITIONS ARE AND THE STRATEGY THEY’LL EMPLOY TONIGHT IN THIS VERY TIGHT RACE. SO FAR, THEY HAVE AGREED TO ONE OTHER DEBATE, AND THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER BARBARA BARR NEWS 8 BARBARA, THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN WATCH THE DEBATE ON WGAL TONIGHT AT 9:00. AND THEN JOIN US FOR REACTION ON NEWS EIGHT AT 11. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EXPECTED TO HIT THE ROADS FOR THAT JULY 4TH HOLIDAY WEEK. AND IF YOU’RE ONE OF THEM, POLICE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE SAFE. WGAL NEWS ED WEINSTOCK JOINING US LIVE NOW WITH WHAT POLICE ARE DOING TO PROTECT YOU. ED? YEAH. WHAT THEY’RE PROBABLY DOING IS LOOKING FOR DRIVERS WHO ARE NOT SHARING THE ROAD. I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY IS JUST AS BUSY AS THANKSGIVING AND NEW YEAR’S. AND IT’S MORE THAN LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE MORE A LOT MORE TROOPERS ON THE ROAD LOOKING FOR AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS OVER THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY, STATE POLICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE CONDUCTING CHECKPOINTS AND ROVING PATROLS. TROOPERS WILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR IMPAIRED DRIVERS WHO MAY BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. STATE POLICE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING FOR DISTRACTED DRIVERS, AND IT’S NOT ALWAYS DRIVERS WHO ARE ON THE PHONES. ANYTHING THAT TAKES YOUR VISION OFF OF THE ROAD AND TAKES YOUR CONCENTRATION FROM GETTING TO WHERE YOU’RE GOING SAFELY COULD BE CONSIDERED DISTRACTED DRIVING. SO WE SEE THAT A LOT. ACCORDING TO PENNDOT DATA, THERE WERE 38 ALCOHOL RELATED CRASHES FROM JULY 4TH OF LAST YEAR TO JULY 5TH OF LAST YEAR, AND IT RESULTED IN TWO FATALITIES AND 23 INJURIES. NOW, PENNDOT IS URGING DRIVERS TO PLAN AHEAD AND DESIGNATE A SOBER DRIVER JUST IN CASE, OR PREPARE FOR A ALTERNATE FORM OF TRANSIT IN YOUR COUNTY. ED WEINSTOCK WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ED. THANK YOU. MORE THAN 30 CHILDREN TOOK PART IN A BASKETBALL CAMP IN HARRISBURG THAT WRAPPED UP TODAY. FAMILY SCHOOL. GO GO GO. AND THE GOAL OF THE CAMP TEACH CHILDREN LIFE LESSONS WHILE PLAYING HOOPS. THE PROGRAM WAS ORGANIZED BY MAJOR PREP APPAREL WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE HARRISBURG POLICE. IT WAS HELD AT ROLAND ACADEMY. POLICE SAY THESE SUMMER ACTIVITIES REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ANYTHING THAT KEEPS THEM BUSY KEEPS THEM ENGAGED AND ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS US TO KEEP THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OUR OFFICERS, BETWEEN THE YOUTH, BETWEEN THE PARENTS, BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY. THAT’S ALWAYS A GREAT THING. THE POLICE PROVIDED ALL THE FOOD FOR THE CHILDREN AND SPENT SOME TIME WITH THEM AS WELL. THIS IS ONE OF TWO CAMPS. THE NEXT ONE IS IN AUGUST. WELL, COMING UP NEXT. YOU JUST SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON A USED CAR, SO MAYBE YOU’LL SPEND A LITTLE EXTRA AND BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THAT VEHICLE. BUT WHAT IF THAT WARRANTY DOESN’T COVER WHAT YOU EXPECTED? IT TO? I’M EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE. CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROACH. I’LL HAVE THAT COMING UP. AND IT FEELS WONDERFUL OUT THERE. THANKS TO THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH YESTERDAY. MAYBE A GREAT EVENING FOR A LITTLE BASEBALL. THE REDS AND THE STORMERS BOTH PLAYING TONIGHT. WE ARE EXPECTING THE COMFINESS TO HOLD FOR OUR FRIDAY. WE’LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT. AND WHEN THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY RAMPS BACK UG UP IN JUST A