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WGAL NEWS 8 STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. GOOD NIGHT. I AM JEREMY JENKINS. LET’S START TONIGHT IN YORK COUNTY WHERE A FATAL MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH HAS OCCURRED ON ROUTE 30. GOING TO NEWS 8 AMBER GERARD. JOIN US LIVE FROM THE SCENE. AMBER DESTRUCTION, DESTRUCTION. THE EXPERTS HAVE BEEN OUT FOR HOURS. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN THE CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW? WELL, NOW THE SCENE IS CLEAR AND WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT ONE PERSON DIED AND ANOTHER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. BUT, JEREMY, WHEN I ARRIVED AND THE INVESTIGATORS WERE HERE USING A SCANNER TO MAP THE ACCIDENT AREA, WHICH COVERED SUCH A WIDE, WIDE AREA BEFORE THE INTERSECTION AND ALL THE WAY PAST THE STREETS. ALSO, AT THIS TIME, THE TRAFFIC ON ROUTE 30 WAS FIGHTING MY CLOTHES WHILE INVESTIGATORS WERE WORKING THE SCENE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT THAT ENDED IN TRAGEDY. ACCORDING TO YORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE CRASH INVOLVING THREE CARS HAPPENED AROUND 4:00 AM. THIS CAMRY, ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, WAS TRAVELING AT 30 TOWARD TRINITY ROAD WHEN IT WAS HIT FROM BEHIND, RUNNING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. AND HERE IN THE VERAVA, THE CAR THAT WAS GOING WAS ONE OF THOSE TWO VEHICLES SEEN DOWNTOWN MORE THAN 200 FEET AWAY. THREE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO THE SCENE, BUT INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE ONLY ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. AND WE KNOW ONE PERSON DIED. NOW, WE STILL DON’T HAVE, WE DON’T HAVE A CAUSE OF HOW THIS ACCIDENT STARTED. WE DON’T KNOW IF THE PERSON WHO DIED WITH THE CAR WAS THE DRIVER OR WAS THE PERSON WHO DID THE TRACK OF THE WOUND, HOW MANY PASSENGERS WERE TRAVELING AND ALL THE VEHICLES TOGETHER. BUT ONE GOOD THING ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS THAT THERE ARE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ALL OVER THIS AREA THAT SHOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO INVESTIGATORS. FROM NOW ON IN YORK,