Tractor-trailer overturns on I-81, causes major delays in Lebanon County
NEEDS TO PASS FIRST BEFORE HE SIGNS THAT BILL. WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO AND I’M BAILEY MARTIN HERE WITH GABRIEL THOMAS ON TRACK WITH US TODAY. AND CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA WITH THAT FORECAST. YEAH YESTERDAY JUST GORGEOUS WEATHER RIGHT? YEAH. NOT SO TODAY. RIGHT. A LITTLE BIT STICKIER, BUT NOT BAD. NOT BAD. I THINK YOU’LL LIKE IT THIS MORNING. IT FEELS NICE AND REFRESHING OUTSIDE. WE’LL STILL GET SOME SUNSHINE TODAY, BUT ALSO A CHANCE FOR A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TODAY. AND TONIGHT AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW. IT LOOKS MAINLY DRY, BUT SATURDAY WE COULD SEE SOME RAIN TO START. THEN DRIER SUNDAY HEAT AND HUMIDITY. THAT’S ON THE TABLE FOR NEXT WEEK. RIGHT NOW THOUGH, WE HAVE A FEW SHOWERS GOING BY WELL TO OUR NORTH. IT IS DRY. WE HAVE SOME HIGH CLOUDS OVERHEAD. BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY. 50S. 60S OUT THERE. DEW POINTS COMFORTABLY IN THE 50S. THEY’LL BE CREEPING UP TO THE 60S LATER TODAY, THOUGH, SO YOU MIGHT NOTICE IT TURNS A LITTLE STICKIER IF YOU’RE SENSITIVE TO THAT HUMIDITY. HERE’S THE 12 HOUR FORECAST. WE’LL SEE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON AND A TOP TEMPERATURE OF 86. THAT’S ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE IN JUNE. SO WE’LL TAKE IT TODAY. AND THEN WE’LL TURN OUR EYES TO THAT HEAT NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF IMPACT DAYS, WHICH MEANS THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY COULD BE THE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURE OVER 100. YEAH. THAT TIME OF YEAR. YES. IT WOULD BE REALLY HOT FOR SURE. NOT THE BEST START IN THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING THOUGH GUYS. IT’S LOOKING OKAY ACROSS SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, BUT WE ARE FOLLOWING ONE CRASH RIGHT NOW IN LANCASTER COUNTY. BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT. CRASH IS IN RAPHO TOWNSHIP, AS YOU SEE HERE. A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWDOWN HERE ON 72. IT IS SPECIFICALLY LOCATED ON LEBANON ROAD AND LEHMAN ROAD. I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THAT PENNDOT CAMERA. GOOD MORNING. LANCASTER COUNTY MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, THIS IS ROUTE 283 AND ROUTE 30. THE INTERCHANGE. AS YOU CAN SEE, TRAFFIC IS MOVING MOVING PRETTY SMOOTHLY. EXCUSE ME. NO ISSUES THERE. IF YOU ARE HEADED OUT AT THIS HOUR. I DO WANT TO ALSO GIVE YOU ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT PENNDOT CAMERA IN LEBANON COUNTY. THIS IS I-81 AND I-78. NO SLOWDOWNS THERE. YOU’RE GOOD TO GO IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT RIGHT NOW. I’LL GIVE YOU A CHECK ON YOUR MORNING COMMUTE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. HAPPENING TODAY, LANCASTER POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY SHOOTING AT THE LANCASTER COUNTY CENTRAL PARK. THAT’S WHERE NEWS EIGHT’S CAMERON JOINS US LIVE FROM THIS MORNING. CAMERON, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SINCE YESTERDAY? WELL, BAILEY SUSAN LANCASTER CITY POLICE SAY THAT THEY FOUND TWO PEOPLE WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS WHEN THEY RESPONDED TO THIS SCENE LAST NIGHT. THEY SAY THAT ONE OF THEM WAS DECLARED DEAD ON SCENE. MEANWHILE, THE OTHER HAS SINCE BEEN HOSPITALIZED. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO SEE WHEN OUR TEAM WAS HERE LAST NIGHT. SOON AFTER POLICE FIRST ARRIVED ON SCENE. THEY SAY THEY FIRST RESPONDED AROUND 630 TO THE CORNER OF WILLIAMSON AND ROCKFORD ROADS. OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO SPOT A NUMBER OF CITY POLICE CARS AND PARK RANGER VEHICLES ON SCENE LAST NIGHT. NOW POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO AVOID THAT AREA. WHILE THIS INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING, AND THERE ARE STILL MANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE LINGERING AT THIS POINT, INCLUDING THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THAT SURVIVING VICTIM. WE’RE WORKING TO LEARN THAT, BUT POLICE HAVE NOTED THAT THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME. LIVE IN LANCASTER. CAMERON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CAMERON, FOR THAT REPORT. LANCASTER POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A STABBING. THE STABBING HAPPENED AROUND 930 LAST NIGHT AT EAST MIFFLIN STREET AND STEVENS AVENUE. POLICE SAY ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IN JUNIATA COUNTY, THE MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP HOSE COMPANY SAYS A STRETCH OF WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY IS NOW BACK OPEN FOLLOWING A DEADLY CRASH. CREWS SAY THIS HAPPENED BETWEEN ROUTE 75 AND SMITH ROAD IN WALKER TOWNSHIP. HAPPENED AROUND NINE LAST NIGHT, AND THE ROAD REOPENED JUST BEFORE 130 THIS MORNING. THEY SAY ONE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED AND NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED. HE HAS MY CHILD AND HE HAS A GUN. I DON’T KNOW THIS MAN. HE HAS MY CHILD. SHE DON’T KNOW. HE WON’T GIVE ME MY BABY. HE HAS A GUN. SHE DON’T KNOW ME. HE HAS MY BABY. HARD TO LISTEN TO VIDEO THERE. SHOWING A HOSTAGE SITUATION AS IT UNFOLDED IN HARRISBURG. IT WAS RELEASED BY THE DAUPHIN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY YESTERDAY AFTER ANTONIO HAMMOND WAS CONVICTED OF KIDNAPING A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD. BURGLARY AND OTHER SERIOUS OFFENSES ON TUESDAY. IT ALL STARTED BACK ON MAY 30TH, 2023, WHEN THE DA SAYS POLICE WERE WORKING IN HALL MANOR AND SAW HAMMOND WITH A GUN. THEY SAY WHEN THEY TRIED TO TALK TO HIM, HE THEN RAN FROM THEM AND TRIED SHOOTING AT ONE OF THE OFFICERS BUT FAILED. THE DA SAYS HE THEN BROKE INTO TWO HOMES, ONE OF WHICH BELONGED TO THAT WOMAN YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE DA, SAYS HAMMOND THEN PROCEEDED TO HOLD HER DAUGHTER FOR ABOUT SIX HOURS, POINTING A GUN AT HER MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM EVENTUALLY ENTERED THE HOME, TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY, AND GOT THAT GIRL TO SAFETY. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE SENTENCED IN SEPTEMBER, FACING BETWEEN 10 AND 20 YEARS IN PRISON. LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL TABLED THEIR VOTE TO AMEND THE ZONING CODE FOR AI DATA CENTERS. THEY WANT TO CREATE MORE OVERSIGHT ON WHERE THEY CAN BE BUILT AND WHAT’S REQUIRED WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES LIKE NOISE, WATER AND ELECTRIC USE. THE PROPOSED NEW ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW THE TWO CURRENT DATA CENTER PROJECTS ON GREENFIELD ROAD IN HARRISBURG PIKE TO BE CONSIDERED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, WHICH MEANS THE NEW ORDINANCE WOULD NOT APPLY TO THEM. RESIDENTS WENT TO LAST NIGHT’S MEETING TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS. IT FEELS LIKE WE’RE BEING FORCED TO TAKE THIS. WE WANT TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR DATA CENTERS TO COME HERE. WE DON’T WANT THEM TO BE CLEAN WHEN THEY ARE HERE. WE DON’T WANT THEM TO BE LESS NOISY WHEN THEY ARE HERE. WE DO NOT WANT THEM HERE. COUNCIL SAYS THEY’LL CLEAR UP THE PROPOSAL’S LANGUAGE IN TIME FOR THEIR NEXT MEETING ON JULY 14TH. THE STATE HOUSE PASSED GOVERNOR SHAPIRO’S DATA CENTER PROPOSAL WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. IT WOULD OFFER A TAX BREAK AS AN INCENTIVE FOR DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS TO MEET CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY AND TRANSPARENCY STANDARDS. SOME REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST THE PROPOSAL, SAYING MANY DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS WHO ALREADY HAVE THE LAND AND ZONING THEY NEED MAY NOT BE SWAYED BY THE GOVERNOR’S PROPOSAL. I THINK I FEAR MOST OF THESE HYPERSCALERS ARE JUST GOING TO COME AND SAY, WE DON’T CARE ABOUT THE 6%. WE’RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE WANT ANYWAYS. THEY’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEIR WATER. THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT, THE NOISE AND, AND THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT EVERYBODY IS WORRIED ABOUT. GET SOME CONTROLS AND ATTENTION FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE. NOW HEADS TO THE STATE SENATE FOR CONSIDERATION. A VACANT PROPERTY IN YORK IS TURNING INTO APARTMENTS AND MIXED USE SPACE. THE DENSE FLY PROPERTY BETWEEN VANCE PARK AND THE CODORUS CREEK HAS SAT EMPTY SINCE 2020. THE PROPERTY WAS ONE OUT OF SEVEN CHOSEN TO RECEIVE A $1.5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE MIXED USE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROGRAM. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT IS SET TO HOLD 81 UNITS TO HELP WITH AN ONGOING HOUSING SHORTAGE IN YORK COUNTY. THERE’S A NEED FOR OVER 12,000 UNITS FOR HOUSING, AND EVEN ON THE SCALE OF THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, WE HAVE ABOUT 500 UNITS COMING ON. THERE’S STILL A NEED, AND THE MORE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO INCREASE HOUSING, IT KIND OF FLOWS DOWN. DEALING WITH VARIOUS ISSUES AND THE COMPETITION. AND SO HOPEFULLY WITH THAT, PRICES BECOME MORE AFFORDABLE AND OUR RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM IT. WORK ON THE APARTMENTS ARE IS SET TO START AS SOON AS JANUARY. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CANCELED PLANS TO SIGN A HOUSING AFFORDABILITY BILL UNTIL LAWMAKERS PASS AN ELECTION SECURITY ACT. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN BOTH CHAMBERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED THE BILL THIS WEEK, A RARE SIGN OF BIPARTISANSHIP. THE PRESIDENT HAS PUSHED FOR PASSAGE OF THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP AND VOTER I.D. IN EVERY STATE. GOP LEADERSHIP IN CONGRESS SAYS THERE’S NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR APPROVAL. THE HOUSING BILL COULD STILL BECOME LAW IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS IF THE PRESIDENT REFUSES TO SIGN OR VETO IT. THE. SAVE AMERICA ACT, EVERYBODY WANTS IT. EVERYBODY IS INCLUDING DEMOCRATS, 87% OF DEMOCRATS WANT IT. NOT THE LEADERS, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CHEAT. HE SUDDENLY DECIDES HE’S GOING TO TIE TWO OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND NOT SIGN A STRONGLY BIPARTISAN PIECE OF LEGISLATION. HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THIS AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH. HE JUST CARES ABOUT HIS PRIORITIES. SENATORS WENT HOME EARLY THIS WEEK, AND THERE ARE NO VOTES SCHEDULED IN THE HOUSE. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS PLANNING A TRIP TO THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY NEXT MONTH. SENATOR DAVE MCCORMICK SAYS THE PRESIDENT WILL HEADLINE THE 2026 PENNSYLVANIA DEFENSE AND INNOVATION SUMMIT AT THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE IN CARLISLE. THE EVENT WILL BRING TOGETHER LEADERS IN DEFENSE, TECHNOLOGY, FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT. THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO SPEAK ON JULY 15TH. LOOK AT THAT. ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE THIS MORNING AS WE LOOK LIVE AT LANCASTER. IT’S A NICE ONE. THIS MORNING. WE HAVE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE OUT THERE, AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE JUST A FEW HIGH CLOUDS MAKING FOR A PRETTY SUNRISE. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST. HIGH PRESSURE WHICH WAS OVERHEAD YESTERDAY, GIVING US THAT GORGEOUS WEATHER. IT’S STARTING TO SINK SOUTH. WHAT THAT DOES IS BRING UP SOUTHERLY WINDS WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY INCREASE OUR TEMPERATURES AND OUR HUMIDITY VALUES EVER SO SLIGHTLY TODAY. SO IT WILL BE A LITTLE STICKIER BY EVENING. YOU SEE THIS WARM FRONT OUT TO OUR WEST AS WELL. THAT WILL HELP TO BRING IN A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING IN NORTHERN COUNTIES, AND THEN SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS TONIGHT ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. BUT MOST OF YOUR DAY IS GOING TO BE DRY. WE HAVE 56 IN YORK, 58 IN LANCASTER, 63 RIGHT NOW IN HARRISBURG, AND IT FEELS PRETTY GOOD. WE’RE STILL IN THAT COMFY ZONE TODAY, BUT TURNING A LITTLE STICKIER LATER TOMORROW, SATURDAY, SUNDAY WHEN THE HUMIDITY IS BACK AND IT’S HERE TO STAY. AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK. HERE’S THE WEATHER PLANNER FOR TODAY, THOUGH WE’LL SEE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS MORNING. WE HAVE SOME HIGH CLOUDS FLOATING OVERHEAD RIGHT NOW. COULD BE MOSTLY SUNNY AT TIMES FOR THE AFTERNOON. A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN. 86 AND THEN THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES, THERE MAY BE A THUNDERSTORM, BUT I THINK MOST SPOTS STAY DRY. WE DO SEE A WEAKENING LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH AFTER DARK TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. I’LL SHOW YOU WITH THE PREDICTOR COMING UP. THANKS, CHRISTINE. TODAY IS THE START OF TERRY HILL DAYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY. YOU ARE TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW FOR THAT FESTIVAL. THIS IS THE 34TH YEAR OF THAT FESTIVAL. TONIGHT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT WITH OLDIES MUSIC SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS EVENING. THEY RUN 6 TO 9 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND THEN 10 TO 10 ON SATURDAY. THEY HAVE LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT PULL THIS OFF. WE’LL BE JOINED LIVE IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR WI
Tractor-trailer overturns on I-81, causes major delays in Lebanon County
Updated: 7:55 AM EDT Jun 25, 2026
Traffic was severely backed up following a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 81 in Lebanon County, according to emergency dispatchers. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. A tractor-trailer overturned in the southbound lanes, just north of Exit 80, Grantville/Hershey/Route 743, in East Hanover Township, around 5:15 a.m. on Thursday. No other vehicles were involved. The crash blocked traffic on Interstate 81 southbound, causing heavy delays in the area. The scene has since cleared, and all lanes have reopened. It’s unclear if anyone was injured. WGAL is working to learn more. Stay with us for updates. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
EAST HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
Traffic was severely backed up following a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 81 in Lebanon County, according to emergency dispatchers.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
A tractor-trailer overturned in the southbound lanes, just north of Exit 80, Grantville/Hershey/Route 743, in East Hanover Township, around 5:15 a.m. on Thursday.
No other vehicles were involved.
The crash blocked traffic on Interstate 81 southbound, causing heavy delays in the area.
The scene has since cleared, and all lanes have reopened.
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Traffic backed up on I-81 southbound
It’s unclear if anyone was injured.
WGAL is working to learn more. Stay with us for updates.
See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.