Crash between school bus, tractor-trailer shuts down Route 15 in York County, Pa.

Crash between school bus, tractor-trailer shuts down Route 15 in York County
IT IS 654. TIME FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT TO GO. THE NEWS EIGHT TODAY TEAM IS HERE TO HELP YOU START YOUR DAY. AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. MATT AND CAITLIN, WE JUST GOT WORD THAT THE CORONER WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE, AND THIS HOME WENT UP INTO FLAMES AROUND 1:00 THIS MORNING, AND FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR HOURS TRYING TO CONTROL THIS FIRE. TAKE A LOOK HERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE RIGHT NOW. AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THESE TREES RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE COMING FROM THE TOP OF THIS HOME. NOW, I HAVE TO MENTION AS WE WERE DRIVING TO OR UP TO THE SCENE, WE SAW THAT SMOKE IN THE AIR AND YOU CAN EVEN SMELL HOW STRONG THAT SMOKE WAS AS WELL. NOW, JUST TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE WERE ASKED BY FIRE POLICE TO STAY BACK BECAUSE THE ROAD THAT LEADS UP TO THE HOME, WHICH IS FISHING CREEK VALLEY ROAD, IS COVERED IN ICE. FIREFIGHTERS DID HAVE A CHALLENGE GETTING WATER. THANK YOU TO GABRIEL AND MIDDLE PAXTON TOWNSHIP THERE. AND WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF YORK COUNTY, WHERE CREWS ARE ON THE SCENE OF A HOUSE FIRE IN NEWBURY TOWNSHIP, AND THEY’VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS. EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY CREWS RESPONDED TO MULLIGAN DRIVE NEAR BUNKER LANE AROUND 445 THIS MORNING. IT’S STILL UNCLEAR IF ANYONE THERE WAS HURT. CREWS ARE ASKING YOU TO AVOID THAT AREA. DEADLY WILDFIRES CONTINUING TO SPREAD RIGHT NOW IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED SO FAR. MORE THAN 100,000 HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AND 1100 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. AND WHAT COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY? LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. THE SUNSET FIRE THREATENING RESIDENTS IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS THIS MORNING, WHILE THE PALISADES FIRE HAS EXPLODED TO MORE THAN 15,000 ACRES IN JUST THE LAST 24 HOURS. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS ARE PUSHING THESE FLAMES UP THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN THEM. BACK IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, A MAN IS FACING MURDER CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO A MULTI-CAR CRASH THAT KILLED TWO MEN IN YORK COUNTY. POLICE SAY STEVEN KRAVITZ OF LEHIGH COUNTY IS CHARGED IN THAT CRASH THAT HAPPENED LAST APRIL ON ROUTE 30 AND KENNETH ROAD IN WEST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP. KRAVITZ WAS ARRESTED IN LEHIGH COUNTY AND THEN BROUGHT BACK TO YORK COUNTY TO FACE THOSE CHARGES, WHERE A JUDGE DENIED HIM BAIL. INVESTIGATORS SAY KRAVITZ WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND WAS SPEEDING WHEN THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING SLAMMED INTO A LINE OF CARS. HE IS NOW FACING 43 CHARGES, INCLUDING THIRD DEGREE MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND VEHICULAR HOMICIDE. A DAUPHIN COUNTY WOMAN IS FACING CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE AFTER POLICE SAY SHE STABBED A MAN EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, 20 YEAR OLD GILLIAN WEST STABBED THE MAN AT A HOME ON SOUTH STREET IN WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP. DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT WEST WAS UPSET WITH THE MAN BECAUSE HE DID NOT RESPOND TO HER TEXT MESSAGES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. IT IS A COLD ONE. A FRIGID MORNING WITH BLUSTERY WINDS ONCE AGAIN, RIGHT NOW CRYSTAL CLEAR IN LANCASTER. THE TEMPERATURE IS 1919 IN HARRISBURG. GOOD MORNING YORK. IT’S 18 DEGREES, BUT THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO DRESS FOR THIS MORNING. IT’S THE WIND CHILL. AND LOOK, ONE IS THE WIND CHILL IN HARRISBURG. FEELS LIKE TWO ON YOUR EXPOSED SKIN IN CHAMBERSBURG. FEELS LIKE FIVE RIGHT NOW IN LANCASTER TODAY. MOSTLY SUNNY, FEELING LIKE THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON. WE COULD HAVE SOME WIND GUSTS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST 35 TO 40MPH. THAT WIND DOES DIE DOWN SLIGHTLY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. IT WON’T BE AS WINDY. 32 IS OUR HIGH. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE SNOW FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. COMING UP, A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CRASHES. YOU SEE, ALL OF THAT GREEN TRAFFIC IS FLOWING NICELY ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS. LANCASTER COUNTY PENNDOT CAMERA SHOT. AS THE SUN IS RISING, WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SUN. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS. ALSO FRANKLIN COUNTY, YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC IS FLOWING NICELY THERE ON 81 AND ROUTE 30 AND SOME DRIVE TIMES HEADED OUT NORTHBOUND 83. IF YOU’RE HEADED TO THE TURNPIKE UNDER A 20 MINUTE DRIVE, WE’LL SEE YOU AGAIN AT 725 FOR AN UPDATE. BUT FOR NOW, HAVE A GREAT THURSDAY. GOOD MORNING. I’M JAKE ROSE, LIVE AT THE PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW, AND TODAY IS ALL ABOUT THE HORSES. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE REALLY BIG ONES, THE DRAFT HORSES WILL HAVE A HITCH AND DRIVE AT 130 THIS AFTERNOON IN AN EQUINE ARENA. BUT IF THAT’S TOO MUCH FOR YOU, YOU CAN HAVE. YOU CAN SEE THE MINI HORSES. THEY’LL HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE SHOW AT 11:00 THIS MORNING IN NEW HOLLAND ARENA IN LANCASTER COUNTY. A MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING RESCUED FROM A SILO IN RAPHO TOWNSHIP. THE MT. JOY FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER 1230 YESTERDAY ON LONGANECKER ROAD NEAR GARFIELD ROAD. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT, THAT MAN WENT IN THE CORN SILO TO CHECK ON SOME ITEMS AND THEN GOT STUCK. HE CALLED FELLOW EMPLOYEES WHO WORKED TO PLACE A BARREL AROUND HIM, AS HE HAD HIS FEET NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THAT SILO. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THAT HELPED SAVE HIS LIFE. ALSO IN RAPHO TOWNSHIP, FIRE DESTROYED A CHICKEN HOUSE AND DAMAGED OTHER BUILDINGS. DISPATCHERS SAY THE FIRE STARTED JUST AFTER 11:00 YESTERDAY MORNING ON HORN ROAD. MORE THAN 30 FIRE CREWS WENT THERE TO HELP. THE SOBER RIDE HOME PILOT PROGRAM IS NOW PAUSED INDEFINITELY. THAT PROGRAM ALLOWED PEOPLE IN CUMBERLAND, DAUPHIN AND PERRY COUNTIES TO GET A FREE UBER RIDE HOME FROM BARS AND RESTAURANTS. THE TRI-COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION SAYS THE PROGRAM HAD A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE, AND BECAUSE OF HIGH DEMAND FOR THE SERVICE THAT STARTED BACK ON DECEMBER 23RD, THAT FUNDING RAN OUT. NOW, TODAY IS DRY, WINDY AND COLD. TOMORROW NOT AS WINDY, BUT ALSO DRY. WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW NIGHT AFTER 10 P.M. TO SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING WEST, AND THAT WILL SPREAD EAST BY MIDNIGHT, SO SOME LIGHT SNOW, SOME PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. I THINK THIS ENDS BY SUNRISE ON SATURDAY, AND MOST SPOTS WILL PICK UP A COATING TO AN INCH. THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR TWO, BUT REALLY SATURDAY YOU HAVE THE WHOLE DAY TO CLEAN UP WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING. LOOKS GOOD. SUNDAY SHOULD BE
Crash between school bus, tractor-trailer shuts down Route 15 in York County
A crash between a school bus and a tractor-trailer shut down a stretch of Route 15 in York County on Thursday, according to emergency dispatch.Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.Crews responded to the two-vehicle wreck in the southbound lanes of Route 15 near Ore Bank Road in Carroll Township at 6:51 a.m.Dispatch said no one was injured, and no students were on board the bus at the time of the crash. All lanes of Route 15 Southbound were closed between Ore Bank Road/Spring Lane Road and Carlisle Road for several hours. The road has since reopened. For live traffic updates, click here. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at
A crash between a school bus and a tractor-trailer shut down a stretch of Route 15 in York County on Thursday, according to emergency dispatch.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
Crews responded to the two-vehicle wreck in the southbound lanes of Route 15 near Ore Bank Road in Carroll Township at 6:51 a.m.
Dispatch said no one was injured, and no students were on board the bus at the time of the crash.
All lanes of Route 15 Southbound were closed between Ore Bank Road/Spring Lane Road and Carlisle Road for several hours.
The road has since reopened.
For live traffic updates, click here.
See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
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