UGI responds to natural gas leak in Lancaster County

HIS INJURY REHAB. A DAUPHIN COUNTY ROAD CLOSED FOR MILES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BECAUSE OF A CRASH. WELCOME TO NEWS EIGHT AT FIVE. I’M JERE GISH AND I’M LORI BURKHOLDER. THAT CRASH HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 330 ON SOUTH FRONT STREET NEAR THE L STREET INTERSECTION BETWEEN STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE, RIGHT ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. STEELTON BOROUGH POLICE OFFICERS ARE HANDLING THAT INVESTIGATION. SO THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC MAP. FRONT STREET IS CLOSED BETWEEN CHAMBERS STREET AND EISENHOWER BOULEVARD. SO TAKING A LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT THIS IS HAVING ON THE TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW. AND WE WILL GET WORKING ON MORE INFORMATION FROM EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS AND THOSE ON THE SCENE, AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED IF ANYTHING CHANGES. AND TODAY IS MEMORIAL DAY, WHERE THE NATION TAKES A PAUSE TO HONOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOM. AND ON THIS SOMBER DAY, THE NEWS EIGHT TEAM IS COVERING MEMORIALS AND EVENTS ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. IT WAS AN ESPECIALLY EMOTIONAL CEREMONY IN YORK TODAY FOR THE FAMILY OF A CITY NATIVE KILLED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. NEWS EIGHT’S ED WEINSTOCK IS LIVE FOR US AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL. GOLD STAR HEALING AND PEACE GARDEN WITH MORE ON THAT. YEAH, EMOTIONAL IS DEFINITELY THE WORD. A LOT OF UPLIFTING MUSIC OUT HERE. ABOUT 200 PEOPLE TURNED OUT FOR THIS RATHER MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE, WHICH INCLUDED A LOT OF VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR. THIS YEAR’S CEREMONY PAID TRIBUTE TO A 19 YEAR OLD SOLDIER FROM YORK WHO LOST HIS LIFE WHILE ON GUARD DUTY IN VIETNAM. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, DOCTOR MARK FULLERTON, TRAVELED TO YORK FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TO TALK ABOUT HIS BROTHER’S SACRIFICE. HE DID NOT CHOOSE TO CARRY A GUN, SO BECAME BECAME A MEDIC, AND HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN 68, AND HE WAS A SERVED HIS TIME. AND IT WAS DEVASTATING FOR THE FAMILY HERE IN NEW YORK. YEAH. PFC FULLERTON HAD BEEN IN VIETNAM ONLY A YEAR WHEN HE WAS KILLED. A MEMORIAL WREATH FOR FULLERTON WAS PLACED IN THE PEACE GARDEN. THE CEREMONY OUT HERE CONCLUDED WITH A 21 GUN SALUTE AND TAPS IN YORK COUNTY. ED WEINSTOCK WGAL NEWS EIGHT. IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY THIS MORNING, IT WAS A PARADE THROUGH THE STREETS OF CARLISLE FEATURING THE CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL BAND, VETERANS, MILITARY JEEPS, AND LOTS AND LOTS OF FIRE TRUCKS. AND FOR THE SHELTON FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS, TOOK IN TODAY’S PARADE. PHIL SHELTON’S DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER BOTH MARCHED IN THE PARADE AS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND HE’S BEEN WATCHING THIS PARADE SINCE 1957, WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM THE ARMY. I’M GLAD TO STILL BE HERE. I’M GOING TO BE 89 YEARS OLD IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND DO IT EVERY YEAR, AND THEN WE GO ACROSS THE STREET AND LISTEN. LISTEN TO THE SPEECHES. AND THAT’S PART OF MEMORIAL DAY. MY GRANDFATHER. WE WELCOME YOU TO THIS, OUR ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION. AND YOU HEARD HIM MENTION THERE. AFTER THE PARADE, THE COMMUNITY GATHERED AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL COURTYARD ALONG HIGH STREET TO REMEMBER VETERANS FROM CARLISLE WHO SERVED AND SACRIFICED FOR OVER 150 YEARS, THE BOROUGH HAS HELD A SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE TO HONOR THE NATIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO DIED IN SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY. AND THIS YEAR, IN ADDITION TO THE TRADITIONAL FLAG RAISING TAPS AND 21 GUN SALUTE, PEOPLE WHO GATHERED IN THE VETERANS MEMORIAL COURTYARD ALONG HIGH STREET HEARD THE NAMES OF VETERANS READ ALOUD WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY IN THE LAST YEAR TO ENJOY THE FREEDOMS YOU HAVE, ENJOY THE FREEDOMS YOU HAVE, AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO. SACRIFICED SO YOU CAN HAVE THOSE. AND MANY OF THE NAMES READ THIS YEAR WERE THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE VIETNAM AND KOREAN WARS. IN YOUR COUNTY. PEOPLE CAME FROM ALL OVER THE REGION TO ENJOY A UNIQUE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT. ALL NEW TONIGHT NEWS EIGHT’S ANNE SHANNON IS IN WELLSVILLE TO SHOW US WHAT’S BEEN BRINGING FAMILIES TOGETHER FOR DECADES. THIS IS WELLSVILLE FRONTIER DAYS, AND EVERY MEMORIAL DAY, MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE JOIN TOGETHER FOR A FAMILY TRADITION AND FOR THE ONES THAT WE REMEMBER HERE ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY, THE ONES THAT HAVE DIED TO KEEP IT SAFE AND FREE. THAT IS WHAT MAKES AMERICA SO WONDERFUL. WITH APPRECIATION TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY. WELLSVILLE FRONTIER DAYS KICKED OFF ITS 64TH ANNUAL RODEO EVENT. FROM POLE BENDING TO TEAM ROPING, DOZENS OF COWBOYS AND GIRLS COME FROM AROUND THE REGION TO SHOW THEIR STUFF. USUALLY IS A GOOD EVENT FOR ME, I LIKE IT. I DID PRETTY GOOD. I RAN A 24. THAT’S DEFINITELY NOT OUR FASTEST TIME. MY REINS FLEW OVER HER HEAD, SO IT WAS A LITTLE, A LITTLE FRIGHTENING. SO I SLOWED HER DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THEY ATTRACT A HUGE AUDIENCE, LIKE A DAY LIKE TODAY. IT’S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. WE’LL PROBABLY GET 11 TO 1200 PEOPLE THROUGH THE GATE. I’M NOT SURE THE NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS, THE GROUNDS ITSELF IS APPROXIMATELY 25 ACRES. COMING UP, I’LL INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THIS EVENT HERE. WHY? HE’S STILL RIDING EVEN INTO HIS 80S IN WELLSVILLE, YORK COUNTY. ANNE SHANNON WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AND NEWS EIGHT ALSO WENT TO THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND COMMEMORATION EVENT IN LITITZ, LANCASTER COUNTY, ONE OF THE AREA’S BIGGEST EVENTS. WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU WHEN OU

UGI responds to natural gas leak in Lancaster County

UGI and emergency crews are responding to a natural gas leak in Lancaster County.Video above: Headlines from News 8Dispatchers said people should avoid the area of North Shirk Road and Walnut Street in Earl Township.This is a developing story and will be updated as we learn more information. 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.

EARL TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

UGI and emergency crews are responding to a natural gas leak in Lancaster County.

Video above: Headlines from News 8

Dispatchers said people should avoid the area of North Shirk Road and Walnut Street in Earl Township.

This is a developing story and will be updated as we learn more information.

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.