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Firefighters respond to reports of a car crash fire in Lancaster County, PA

Firefighters respond to reports of car crash fire in Lancaster County

< > BREAKING NEWS FROM ENGLAND WHERE TWO CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN A MASS KILLING… 11 MORE PEOPLE INJURED. A TRUMP RALLY IN HARRISBURG THIS WEEK. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT SECURITY. CONGRESS INVESTIGATES TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT… PENNSYLVANIA REPRESENTATIVE HEADS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TASK FORCE. ANOTHER YEAR COMPLETED… DID THIS YEAR’S YORK STATE FAIR MEET EXPECTATIONS? (NEWS OPEN) GOOD AFTERNOON… I’M TASMIN MAHFUZ. I’M MICHAEL FULLER. WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF NEWS 8 AT 4. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS PREPARING TO RETURN TO PENNSYLVANIA WEDNESDAY TO MAKE A STATEMENT IN HARRISBURG AT THE PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW COMPLEX. WITH THOUSANDS OF ATTENDANTS TO THE STATEMENT, WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT SECURITY WILL BE LIKE WHILE HIS STAY IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA IN LIGHT OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON MR. TRUMP. NEWS 8’S MEREDITH JORGENSEN IS IN HARRISBURG WITH A REVIEW OF THE INFORMATION LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES WOULD SHARE WITH US BEFORE THE STATEMENT. MEREDITH? WEDNESDAY’S RALLY WILL BE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST PUBLIC VISIT TO PENNSYLVANIA SINCE THE ATTACK ON HIS LIFE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AGO. THE BIG DIFFERENCE HERE – IT WILL BE HELD INDOORS – INSIDE THE GIANT FARM SHOW COMPLEX. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO VARIOUS SECURITY AGENCIES TO LEARN WHAT VISITORS CAN EXPECT. LIKE IN BUTLER, THE SECRET SERVICE REMAINS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR SECURITY AT WEDNESDAY’S EVENT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT THOUSANDS. THE SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE IN PHILADELPHIA SAID IN A STATEMENT, “OUT OF CONCERN FOR OPERATIONAL SECURITY, WE ARE DISCUSSING THE MEANS AND METHODS THAT WILL BE USED FOR OUR PROTECTIVE OPERATIONS.” PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE SAID THEY WILL SIMPLY PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AS SECRET, AND CAPITOL POLICE SAID THEY WILL WORK IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THEIR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. WE KNOW THAT HARRISBURG POLICE WILL NOT BE IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT IS STATE OWNERSHIP. HARRISBURG POLICE OFFICERS WILL ONLY BE OUTSIDE. <13.57.28 - „SIE SIND SEHR GUT DARIN GESCHULT, MIT EINEM RIESIGEN MENSCHENZUSTROM UMZUGEHEN. :34 ABER ICH MÖCHTE BETONEN, DASS, WAS DIE SICHERHEIT DES GEBÄUDES GEHT, IN DEM DER SECRET SERVICE SEIN WIRD, DIE POLICE VON PENN STATE, DIE POLICE VON CAPITOL UND DIE POLICE VON HARRISBURG SICH VOR ALLEM UM DIE VERKEHRSKONTROLLE KÜMMERN."> THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME TRUMP HAS SPEAKED AT THE FARM SHOW COMPLEX – THIS IS FEBRUARY, SO EVEN FOR PEOPLE NOT ATTENDING THE WEDNESDAY RALLY, TRAFFIC WILL BE TIGHT HERE. THE COMPLEX OPENS AT 2 PM, AND THE RALLY IS SCHEDULED TO START AT 6 PM. SINCE THE MAIN STREETS ARE RIGHT HERE, THE HARRISBURG POLICE WILL HAVE ALL THEIR TO DO THAT DAY TO KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING. IN HARRISBURG, MEREDITH JORGENSEN, WGAL NEWS 8. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN MIKE KELLY OF PENNSYLVANIA WILL HEAD THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TASK FORCE CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. KELLY WAS APPOINTED TODAY TO LEAD THE EFFORT. KELLY WAS PRESENT AT THE TRUMP RALLY AND HIS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT INCLUDES THE TOWN OF BUTLER WHERE THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE. THE 13 LEGISLATIVES APPOINTED TO THE TASK FORCE HAVE BACKGROUNDS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAW AND THE MILITARY. LAWMAKERS WILL REQUIRE A FINAL REPORT ON THE ATTACK BEFORE DECEMBER 13. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL RETURN TO BUTLER AFTER THE ASSASSINATION TO MAKE ANOTHER STATEMENT. TRUMP SAYS THE STATEMENT WILL REMEMBER COREY COM-PERA- TORE, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE SHOOTING… ALONG WITH THE TWO OTHER MEN INJURED. TIME AND PLACE OF STATEMENT HAVE NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED. BREAKING NEWS FROM ENGLAND: TWO CHILDREN ARE DEAD… 9 MORE INJURED… SIX CRITICAL… IN A KNIFE ATTACK IN NORTHWEST ENGLAND. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE A 17-YEAR-OLD MAN IN CUSTODY AND SEEN A KNIFE. WITNESSES SAY THE ATTACK… WHICH ALSO INJURED TWO ADULTS… OCCURRED THIS MORNING AT A COMMUNITY CENTER… DURING A CHILDREN’S DANCE EVENT. THE PRIME MINISTER CALLS THE ATTACK “TERRIFYING AND DEEPLY SHOCKING.” LOCAL DETECTIVES SAY THEY ARE NOT TREATING THE ATTACK AS AN ACTION OF TERROR. A DALLASTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHER HAS DIED AFTER CRASHING HIS BICYCLE INTO A CAR IN YORK COUNTY. JOSEPH KLINE-DINST CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF AN SUV SATURDAY MORNING…AND LATER DIED. IT HAPPENED IN HELLAM TOWNSHIP AS THE DRIVER WAS HEADING WEST ON MOUNT PIS-KAH ROAD…AND THE SUV WAS EXITTING DUCKTOWN ROAD. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RELEASED A STATEMENT RECOGNIZING KLINEDINST AS A DEDICATED DALLASTOWN AREA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND A VALUED COLLEAGUER AND FRIEND. RIGHT IN HARRISBURG…THREE SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED. ALL THREE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED ON SATURDAY… WITHIN SEVEN HOURS OF EACH OTHER. POLICE SAY THE FIRST SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND 5 P.M. SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE AREA OF SIXTH AND RADNOR STREETS. A MAN SUFFERED A NON-LIFE-THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE LOWER BODY. THE SECOND SHOOTING HAPPENED A LITTLE OVER TWO HOURS LATER – IN THE AREA OF 18TH AND CHESTNUT STREETS. POLICE SAY A MAN SURVIVED A NON-LIFE-THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUND. POLICE FURTHER SAY THE VICTIM WAS NOT FULLY COOPERATIVE WITH POLICE IN THE INVESTIGATION. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE THIRD SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND MIDNIGHT IN THE AREA OF REEL AND RADNOR STREETS – WHERE A MAN SUFFERED A NON-LIFE-THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUND. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTINGS ARE NOT RELATED. in LANCASTER – THE INVESTIGATION INTO A KNIFE-BEATING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL IS ONGOING. OFFICERS SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 2 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING NEAR THE QUEEN STREET PARKING GARAGE IN DOWNTOWN LANCASTER – WHEN A MAN LEAVING A BAR NOTICED HIS FRIEND WAS BLEEDING FROM HIS NECK. POLICE SAID HE SUFFERED A 7-INCH LONG BREATH. THE MEN SAY NO ONE SEEN WHAT CAUSED THE INJURY. POLICE SAID THE VICTIM IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THIS YEAR’S YORK STATE FAIR IS NOW HISTORY. TODAY MANY VENDORS ARE TAKING DOWN THEIR BOOTHS AND IT WAS ALSO A DAY TO REFLECT ON HOW THINGS WENT THIS YEAR. NEWS8’S ED WEINSTOCK IS LIVE ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. THE NUMBERS ARE OUT, IT WAS A STRONG YORK FAIR. OFFICIAL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES EXCEED LAST YEAR’S ATTENDANCE NUMBERS BY AN ESTIMATED FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE. THE FAIR HAS A LOT OF PLAY. HE SAYS THE CONCERTS HAVE DRAWN GREAT CROWD, INCLUDING COUNTY SUPERSTAR LANEY WILSON, WHO PERFORMED IN FRONT OF A SOLD-OUT AUDIENCE OF 14 THOUSAND PEOPLE. THE WEATHER WAS IDEAL, EXCEPT FOR ONE RAINY DAY. WE ASKED SOME GROCERIES FOR THEIR LIVE VIEW OF THE SUSQUENANNA VALLEY FROM OUR SKYCAM NETWORK… THERE’S A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER AHEAD. HERE’S METEOROLOGIST ETHAN HUSTON. COMING SOON ON NEWS 8 AT 4. PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLS ON CONGRESS TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE SUPREME COURT… WHICH HE NOW WANTS CHANGED. HEAVY RAIN CAUSES A STORM FLOOD IN TENNESSEE… WHERE PEOPLE HAD TO EVACUATE A THEME PARK. AND LATER ON NEWS 8 AT 6: < THE 8 ON YOUR SIDE HEARS FROM VIEWERS -- WHO ARE ASKED ABOUT THE CHECKS THEY RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH A COMPANY CALLED BRIGHTSPEED SOLUTIONS. I'M 8 ON YOUR SIDE, CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN

Firefighters respond to reports of car crash fire in Lancaster County

Emergency services are responding to reports of a car crash involving fire around 5:30 p.m. in Lancaster County. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. The crash was reported on Lincoln Highway East in Paradise Township. No injuries or road closures have been reported so far. Traffic may be impacted as emergency crews are on scene. Click here for traffic updates. Do you have photos or videos of an accident? 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.

Emergency crews responded to reports of a car fire accident around 5:30 p.m. in Lancaster County.

Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.

The accident was reported on Lincoln Highway East in Paradise Township.

No injuries or road closures have been reported so far.

Since the emergency services are on site, there may be traffic disruptions.

For current traffic information click on Here.

Do you have photos or videos 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 credit online and on TV.