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DEATH INVESTIGATION | Car wash vacuum unit was determined to be ‘unsafe,’ police say<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWHEN WE\u2019LL SEE RAIN AGAIN. WGAL NEWS 8. TODAY STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 430 ON THIS TUESDAY. I\u2019M MATT BARCARO. I\u2019M KATELYN SMITH. WE\u2019RE TALKING ABOUT THAT COOL DOWN ABOUT TEN DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY WE WERE UP NEAR 70. TODAY WE\u2019RE GOING TO BE CLOSER TO 60. SO LET ME SHOW YOU OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE QUIET. THERE WILL BE SOME SHOWERS THAT ROLL IN LATER THIS MORNING. AND WE\u2019LL SEE A COUPLE SHOWERS, OCCASIONAL SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH TEMPERATURES ONLY GETTING TO ABOUT 60 DEGREES WITH A LOW 60. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 55 IN LEWISTOWN, 52 IN YORK, 52 FOR CARLISLE AND ALSO IN HARRISBURG. WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SOUTH TODAY, ABOUT 5 TO 10MPH THIS AFTERNOON. AND WE WILL HAVE SOME OCCASIONAL SHOWERS PASSING THROUGH WITH A LOT MORE CLOUD COVER THAN WE SAW YESTERDAY. SO THAT\u2019S GOING TO HOLD OUR TEMPERATURES DOWN JUST A BIT. AS FAR AS TOMORROW GOES, IT\u2019S OUR BEST CHANCE OF RAIN. I\u2019M GOING TO TIME IT OUT FOR YOU COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHRISTINE. TODAY, FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HOSTING A PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT THEIR ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AI DATA CENTERS. THE COMMISSIONERS SAY THEIR PROPOSED GUIDELINES SHOULD BE SEEN AS BEST PRACTICES. BUT SMALLER TOWNSHIPS CAN USE IF THEY HAVEN\u2019T DEALT WITH ZONING REGULATIONS. OFTEN. THAT HEARING IS SET FOR TONIGHT AT 6:00, IS AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN CHAMBERSBURG. IT WILL ALSO BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE COMMISSIONERS YOUTUBE PAGE AND AN AI DATA CENTER IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY HAS SOME NEIGHBORS THERE CONCERNED FOR SOME DIFFERENT REASONS. THEY SAY CONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTER INVOLVES BLASTING AND THAT IS RATTLING THEIR HOMES. SOME VOICED THEIR CONCERNS DURING LAST NIGHT\u2019S PLANNING COMMISSION. THAT WAS THE MEETING IN MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP, BUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DOES GO AHEAD WITH THE DEVELOPER\u2019S PLANS. AND THIS IS WHAT I\u2019M EXPERIENCING. EVERY SINGLE DAY. OKAY. MY HOME, I\u2019M PART OF THE COUNTRY MANOR WEST IS ON BLOCKS. AND ON TOP OF THAT, MY HOME IS ON A HILL. NOW I HAVE TO SIT HERE AND I HAVE TO BE WORRIED FOR HOW LONG THAT MY HOUSE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO FALL DOWN THE FREAKING HILL, BECAUSE I DON\u2019T KNOW WHAT IN THE HECK IS GOING ON. NOR WAS I TOLD, NOR WAS I INFORMED. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. THE DEVELOPERS SAY THEIR GOAL IS TO HAVE AS LITTLE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE. THEY SAY THEY ARE COMMITTED TO NOT AFFECTING A NEARBY CREEK AND TO MAINTAINING SOME OF THE UNUSED LAND. THEY ALSO SAY THEY WILL CUT OFF 50% OF THE PROPERTY\u2019S LIGHTS AT A CERTAIN TIME OF NIGHT TO LIMIT LIGHT POLLUTION. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IS SET TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THE PLANS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW. LET\u2019S FACE IT, IN DAUPHIN COUNTY, CONSTELLATION ENERGY, ONCE APPROVAL TO USE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER TO SUPPORT THE RESTART OF THE FORMER THREE MILE ISLAND SITE. THE PLANT IS SET TO REOPEN NEXT YEAR AND WILL HELP POWER PROPOSED MICROSOFT DATA CENTERS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT WILL NEED MORE THAN 70 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER FROM THE RIVER A DAY. THE AMOUNT WOULD BE LESS THAN HALF A PERCENT OF THE RIVER\u2019S DAILY WATER FLOW. COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS HAVE SHARED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE STRAIN ON THE ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY DURING ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS. THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER RIVER BASIN COMMISSION IS TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS REQUEST THROUGH MAY 4TH. THIS MORNING, SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE STILL WORKING JUST ONLINE AS CREWS WORK ON CAMPUS TO RESTORE POWER, AND THAT MAY ALSO BE THE CASE COME TOMORROW. THE UNIVERSITY IS BLAMING SATURDAY\u2019S FIRE AT AN ON CAMPUS ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION. THE SCHOOL SAYS THE POWER IS OUT AT ACADEMIC BUILDINGS. ALSO AT THE CAMPUS GYM AND LIBRARY. RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, GENERATORS ARE KEEPING THE ELECTRICITY GOING AT RESIDENCE HALLS AND IN THE DINING HALL. WE DON\u2019T HAVE A TIMELINE YET THAT WE\u2019RE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE\u2019S A LOT OF TESTING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ONCE IT\u2019S UP. BUT WE\u2019RE PRETTY HOPEFUL IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK AND WE CAN GET ROCKING AND ROLLING AGAIN. YOU JUST HEARD HER MENTION TESTING. SO ONCE THE POWER IS UP AND RUNNING, THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT\u2019S WORKING. AND THEN FINALLY REMOVE THOSE GENERATORS. YEAH. FINALS ARE NEXT WEEK. SO THIS IS COMING AT AN OPPORTUNE TIME THERE. BUT IT DOES EXPECT THAT THE POWER WILL BE DISRUPTED FOR A LITTLE BIT AS IT IS DOING THAT TESTING AT SOME OF THE CAMPUS BUILDINGS AS WELL. STATE HOUSE LAWMAKERS PASSED A BILL THAT AIMS AT TEACHING KIDS ABOUT HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN AFFECT THEIR HEALTH. THE BILL WOULD TELL THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO COME UP WITH MATERIALS THAT HELP STUDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN AFFECT THEM, FOR BETTER OR WORSE. A FORMER EDUCATOR AND CURRENT REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER WHO VOTED AGAINST THE BILL WORRIES THAT THE STATE COULD GET TOO INVOLVED WITH WHAT LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE TEACHING KIDS. IT IS GOING TO ALLOW PD TO REVIEW THE CURRICULUM THAT\u2019S ALREADY IN PLACE, AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO APPROVE IT. SO I DON\u2019T LIKE THE IDEA OF A BUREAUCRACY TAKING AWAY FROM LOCAL CONTROL. NOT EVERY PARENT IS TECH SAVVY ON THESE TYPES OF THINGS AND DOESN\u2019T KNOW WHAT\u2019S GOING ON. I HAVE THREE KIDS. THEY\u2019RE TEENAGERS. I KNOW, I DON\u2019T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT\u2019S GOING ON WITH THEM. SO AGAIN, IT\u2019S BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY AND GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. THE BILL NOW GOES TO THE STATE HOUSE, A STATE SENATE, EXCUSE ME FOR CONSIDERATION. IT\u2019S 435. AND THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION EVENT ON SATURDAY NIGHT IS NOW CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT. COLE ALLEN, WHO IS 31, APPEARED IN FEDERAL COURT IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY. HE WAS FORMALLY CHARGED WITH TRYING TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT. ALSO, INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF WEAPONS AND FIRING A GUN DURING A VIOLENT CRIME. THERE YOU SEE THAT BALLROOM BEING EVACUATED. ALLEN DID NOT ENTER A PLEA AND WILL REMAIN IN CUSTODY. HE DOES HAVE ANOTHER HEARING ON THURSDAY. JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS UNPRECEDENTED DOESN\u2019T MEAN THAT I CAN LEGALLY PAY FOR IT. AFTER STATE TREASURER STACY GARRITY MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HER DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT PAY FOR SECURITY UPGRADES AT GOVERNOR SHAPIRO\u2019S PRIVATE HOME, ALL LIVING FORMER GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA ARE SHARING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE FIRST FAMILY. GARRITY SAYS THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT CANNOT LEGALLY USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR $1 MILLION IN SECURITY UPGRADES TO SHAPIRO\u2019S PERSONAL HOME IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. BUT FORMER GOVERNORS TOM WOLF, TOM CORBETT, ED RENDELL, MARK SCHWEIKER AND TOM RIDGE HAVE CALLED FOR THE FIRST FAMILY SAFETY TO REMAIN NONPARTISAN AND ENSURE THE ISSUE IS NOT POLARIZED AND POLITICIZED. THIS FOLLOWS THE ATTEMPT ON SHAPIRO\u2019S LIFE IN THE IN THE ARSON ATTACK AT THE GOVERNOR\u2019S RESIDENCE IN HARRISBURG LAST YEAR. GARRETT\u2019S OFFICE SAYS SHE AGREES WITH THE FORMER GOVERNORS ABOUT VIOLENCE AND THREATS AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICIALS. HAVING NO PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY. BUT SHE SAYS THAT SHE IS LIMITED BY THE LAW AND THAT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR THE PROJECT. GET THE FACTS. THE TEAM DID LOOK INTO THE SHOOTING AT THAT WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER, AND ALSO CREATED A MAP OF THE VENUE THAT YOU SEE HERE, SHOWING EXACTLY WHAT WENT DOWN ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AS WELL AS WHAT SECURITY WAS LIKE. YOU CAN FIND THIS MAP ON WGAL.COM. NEW THIS MORNING A LANCASTER MAN SET TO SPEND UP TO 21 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO TAKING PART IN AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY, WHICH LEFT ANOTHER MAN DEAD. THE DA\u2019S OFFICE SAYS THAT LUIS RIVERA AND TWO OTHER MEN PLANNED TO STEAL A HANDGUN, THAT A 17 YEAR OLD BOY PREVIOUSLY STOLE. THEY SAY THIS HAPPENED IN 2022 ON RUBY STREET. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BOY REALIZED HE WAS GOING TO BE ROBBED AND A FIGHT STARTED. THAT\u2019S WHEN THEY SAY ONE OF THE MEN SHOT THE BOY IN BOTH LEGS WITH ANOTHER GUN. THE BOY SHOT BACK AND KILLED HIM. LANCASTER COUNTY MAN IS NOW FACING SEVERAL FELONY CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE ADMITTED TO PLANNING TO RAPE SOMEONE HE THOUGHT WAS A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL. YOU\u2019RE SEEING VIDEO HERE FROM HIS ARREST, A TEAM THAT SAYS IT HELPS CATCH PREDATORS LED POLICE TO 25 YEAR OLD ETHAN HENRY OF MAYTOWN. THE TEAM STARTED TALKING TO HENRY ONLINE IN EARLY JANUARY, POSING AS THAT TEENAGE GIRL, AND THEN ARRANGED TO MEET WITH HIM ON SATURDAY IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY. YOU\u2019RE SEEING THAT MEETING HERE? THAT\u2019S WHERE POLICE ARRESTED HIM AT THAT CONVENIENCE STORE PARKING LOT. USUALLY WE ASK THEM TO BRING SOMETHING TO SHOW THE FULL INTENT, BUT WE DIDN\u2019T HAVE TO ASK HIM TO BRING ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, HE HE BROUGHT THE PHONE, THE THE SEX TOY. AND A RING THAT HE SAID WAS GOING TO BE AN ENGAGEMENT RING. NEWS 8 HAS ALSO LEARNED THAT HENRY WORKED AS A CUSTODIAN AS AT THE DONEGAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A TIME, BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS IT HAS BEEN YEARS SINCE HE WAS EMPLOYED THERE. EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE IN LANCASTER COUNTY SAY THEY ARRESTED A MAN AFTER A STABBING. OFFICERS SAY THE MAN, WHOSE NAME THEY DID NOT RELEASE, WAS ARRESTED NEAR THE SHEETS ON OLD PHILADELPHIA PIKE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THEY SAY THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL A\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

DEATH INVESTIGATION | Car wash vacuum unit was determined to be ‘unsafe,’ police say<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 3:43 PM EDT Apr 28, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPolice have released more information after a woman collapsed at a Lebanon car wash earlier this month and later died.Lebanon City police said they were providing the update in response to media inquiries. April 15, Carriage House Car WashOn April 15, 2026, around 7:38 p.m., officers responded to a medical emergency at the Carriage House Car Wash at 123 Bowman St., where EMS was treating 26-year-old Gladys Lopez Echevarria. She was taken to a local hospital and later died.”As part of the ongoing investigation, the Lebanon City Fire Department was requested to evaluate an on-site vacuum unit located where the incident occurred. During their assessment, the Fire Department determined that unit to be unsafe, and as a result power to the unit was immediately disconnected,” a statement from police said.Continuing investigationThe next day, April 16, police said investigators determined that a customer “had reported an electrical concern involving a different vacuum unit in the same island on April 14, 2026, at approximately 11:37 a.m.””The business owner\u2019s maintenance personnel responded promptly to that complaint. While the initial responding employee was unable to replicate the reported issue, a second maintenance personnel member was called to further assess the unit. That technician identified a fault, performed a repair, and restored the unit to operation. Following the repair, the technician was unable to reproduce the originally reported issue,” police said. Units taken out of serviceBefore clearing the scene on April 16, police said investigators confirmed that the vacuum and the island connected with the medical incident “had been fully de-energized, disabled, and no longer posed any risk to the public.”The investigation is ongoing. At this time, preliminary findings do not support a conclusion of criminal intent or gross negligence, according to police. “Upon receipt of the official findings and conclusion of the investigation, the department will consult with the Lebanon County District Attorney\u2019s Office to determine the appropriate course of action. A final update will be provided to the public following that review,” police said.The coroner has not yet released Echevarria’s cause and manner of death.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tLEBANON, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Police have released more information after a woman collapsed at a Lebanon car wash earlier this month and later died.<\/p>\n

Lebanon City police said they were providing the update in response to media inquiries. <\/p>\n

April 15, Carriage House Car Wash<\/p>\n

On April 15, 2026, around 7:38 p.m., officers responded to a medical emergency at the Carriage House Car Wash at 123 Bowman St., where EMS was treating 26-year-old Gladys Lopez Echevarria. She was taken to a local hospital and later died.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Police<\/p>\n

“As part of the ongoing investigation, the Lebanon City Fire Department was requested to evaluate an on-site vacuum unit located where the incident occurred. During their assessment, the Fire Department determined that unit to be unsafe, and as a result power to the unit was immediately disconnected,” a statement from police said.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Police<\/p>\n

Continuing investigation<\/p>\n

The next day, April 16, police said investigators determined that a customer “had reported an electrical concern involving a different vacuum unit in the same island on April 14, 2026, at approximately 11:37 a.m.”<\/p>\n

“The business owner\u2019s maintenance personnel responded promptly to that complaint. While the initial responding employee was unable to replicate the reported issue, a second maintenance personnel member was called to further assess the unit. That technician identified a fault, performed a repair, and restored the unit to operation. Following the repair, the technician was unable to reproduce the originally reported issue,” police said. <\/p>\n

\t\t\"Police<\/p>\n

Units taken out of service<\/p>\n

Before clearing the scene on April 16, police said investigators confirmed that the vacuum and the island connected with the medical incident “had been fully de-energized, disabled, and no longer posed any risk to the public.”<\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n

At this time, preliminary findings do not support a conclusion of criminal intent or gross negligence, according to police. <\/p>\n

“Upon receipt of the official findings and conclusion of the investigation, the department will consult with the Lebanon County District Attorney\u2019s Office to determine the appropriate course of action. A final update will be provided to the public following that review,” police said.<\/p>\n

The coroner has not yet released Echevarria’s cause and manner of death.<\/p>\n

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