Woman killed in crash on Route 30 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

A woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 30 in Lancaster County. The coroner’s office said the 30-year-old victim was from York. Her name has not yet been released. The crash happened around 11 a.m. Tuesday near mile marker 256.6 in West Hempfield Township. Video from the scene showed smoke billowing from one of the vehicles in the median (above). A bystander also shared with us a photo (below) showing a burning vehicle. It is not yet clear how the crash occurred. According to the photos, a truck and a four-door sedan were involved in the crash. Traffic disruption The crash caused headaches for thousands of motorists as the eastbound lanes of Route 30 were closed for nearly seven hours. The westbound lanes were also closed for an extended period of time. “It’s never been this bad. This is outrageous. There must be a lot of unhappy people,” said Lancaster County Sheriff Margaret Shetz. “I’m just trying to do laundry, so it usually takes me a minute, maybe two, to get here. It took me 45 minutes just to park down the street,” said Victoria Harper of Wrightsville. For some drivers, traffic turned a quick errand like picking up the kids from school into an hours-long slog. “Just to pick them up from school, which is normally a 15- to 20-minute drive, it took almost a half hour. And it looks like it’s going to take us at least another hour, hour and a half to get to our destination,” said Mike Bowder. A detour route took drivers through Wrightsville — a district residents say is not designed for this type of traffic. “In the neighborhood alone, police officers were trying to run people into traffic. There are stop signs. People aren’t listening to them. It’s crazy,” Harper said.Get breaking news iPHONE: Download the WGAL app on the App Store.ANDROID: Download the WGAL app on Google Play.This story was curated by Hearst’s WGAL Alert Desk. Sharing brings us closer. If this story happened near you, share this article with friends in your area via the WGAL app so they can follow along. The WGAL app is available for free on Apple’s App Store and Google Play.Live traffic updates can be found 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 other details so we can give you appropriate credit online and on TV.

COLUMBIA, Pennsylvania —

A woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 30 in Lancaster County.

The coroner’s office said the 30-year-old victim was from York. Her name has not yet been released.

The accident occurred around 11 a.m. Tuesday near mile marker 256.6 in West Hempfield Township.

A video from the scene of the accident showed smoke rising from one of the vehicles on the median (see above).

A viewer also shared a photo (below) showing a burning vehicle.

Viewer photo

It is still unclear how the accident occurred. However, the photos show that a truck and a four-door sedan were involved in the accident.

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Traffic problems

The accident caused headaches for thousands of motorists as the eastbound lanes of Route 30 were closed for nearly seven hours. The westbound lanes were also closed for an extended period of time.

“It’s never been this bad. It’s outrageous. There must be a lot of unhappy people,” said Margaret Shetz of Lancaster County.

“I’m just trying to do laundry, so it usually takes me a minute, maybe two, to get here. Just parking on the street took me 45 minutes,” said Victoria Harper of Wrightsville.

For some drivers, traffic could turn a quick errand like picking up the kids from school into a chore that could take hours.

“Just picking her up from school, which is normally a 15 to 20 minute drive, took almost half an hour. And it looks like it’s going to take us at least another hour, an hour and a half to get to my destination,” Mike Bowder said.

A detour route took drivers through Wrightsville, a district that residents say is not designed for this type of traffic.

“In the neighborhood alone, police officers were trying to stop traffic. There are stop signs. People aren’t listening to them. It’s crazy,” Harper said.

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