Philadelphia police officer injured by suspected DUI driver

Suspected DUI driver injures Philadelphia police officer

Updated: 7:46 PM EST Jan 20, 2025

I’M JERE GISH, AND I’M THE MAHFUZ. WELCOME TO THIS NEWS EIGHT UPDATE. SO WE JUST WATCHED THE INAUGURATION OF DONALD J. TRUMP HERE AT HOME, WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF DELAYS AND SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS, ALL DUE TO THE BEER COLD. YOU CAN SEE A LIST OF THEM RIGHT THERE SCROLLING ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN. LET’S START OUR COVERAGE HERE IN THIS UPDATE WITH STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST MIKE SUSKO, HE’S GOT A LOOK AT THE FORECAST. AGAIN. COLD IS REALLY THE BIG NEWS THIS WEEK MIKE. YES IT IS JERRY. I MEAN WE HAD THE SNOW YESTERDAY. NOW WE’RE SWITCHING TO THE COLD SIDE OF THINGS. AND NOW IN HARRISBURG RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE IT IS ON AT LEAST ON CAMERA, A VERY QUIET NIGHT. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES 13 DEGREES, IT FEELS LIKE ONE ALREADY BECAUSE OF THE WINDS OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST AT NINE MILES PER HOUR. IT’S NOT GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WIND TO REALLY KNOCK. THOSE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES DOWN. HERE’S THE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE. SO THIS IS WHAT YOUR CAR THERMOMETER IS GOING TO BE SHOWING AS YOU STEP OUT THIS EVENING. RIGHT AROUND 12 TO 14 DEGREES, DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. BUT THOSE WINDS SUSTAINED OUT OF THE WEST AROUND 5 TO 10MPH, WHICH NORMALLY IS A VERY LIGHT WIND, RIGHT? BUT WHEN YOU FACTOR THAT IN WITH TEMPERATURES LIKE THIS, MINUS ONE IS THE CURRENT WIND CHILL IN LANCASTER, MINUS TWO IN LEWISTOWN, ONLY A DEGREE THERE. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE IN HARRISBURG, ZERO IN CHAMBERSBURG AND SOME OF THE HIGHEST WINDS WE’VE SEEN TODAY SUSTAINED 22MPH IN HARRISBURG, YORK, AT 16MPH. LANCASTER GOT UP TO 18 AND SOME GUSTS THERE AROUND 25 TO 30MPH AS WE WENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NOW, STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK IS QUIET. WE DON’T HAVE ANY PRECIPITATION NEARBY, SO WE ARE DONE WITH THE SNOW. THAT’S GOOD NEWS, BUT IT’S THE FRIGID AIR THAT WILL BE MOVING IN AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT. SO WE HAVE IMPACT DAY ICONS THROUGH THIS EVENING, TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. IT’S BECAUSE OF THE WIND CHILLS THIS EVENING. WE’RE ALREADY SEEING THOSE WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO. THEY’RE GOING TO DROP EVEN MORE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. DOWN TO AS LOW AS MINUS TEN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. ESPECIALLY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TOMORROW WILL STILL BE VERY COLD WITH SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS. ANOTHER THING IS THE BLACK ICE POTENTIAL THAT COULD DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT, BECAUSE ANY MELTING THAT OCCURRED ON THE ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THOSE SLUSHY ROADS HERE, I KNOW THEY WERE AT LEAST IN LANCASTER CITY, DRIVING AROUND. SOME SAW A LITTLE SLUSH THAT’S GOING TO FREEZE RIGHT OVER. NOW THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN, SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL FOR SOME SLICK SPOTS THAT SHOULD THOUGH, GET RID OF IT TOMORROW ONCE THE SUN COMES UP, WE HAVE COLD WEATHER ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR EVERYBODY UNTIL NOON ON WEDNESDAY. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WIND CHILLS OF MINUS TEN OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED. NOW, AS WE LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE VERSUS WIND CHILLS FOR TOMORROW, YOU CAN SEE THEY START OFF IN THE NEGATIVES AND GET INTO THE POSITIVE NUMBERS THERE. AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON. BUT IT’S STILL GOING TO BE A VERY COLD TUESDAY AND THAT WILL CONTINUE. BUT WE DO STAY DRY, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. SO PREDICTOR SHOWING A FEW CLOUDS AS WE GO INTO YOUR TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO TAKE CONTROL. MAYBE A FEW ISOLATED FLURRIES ON YOUR TUESDAY EVENING. BUT OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE WILL TAKE CONTROL. THAT’S ALSO WHY TOMORROW NIGHT I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE THE COLDEST NIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE HIGH PRESSURE RIGHT OVERHEAD AND THE WINDS GO CALM WITH THIS TYPE OF SETUP, WITH THE SNOW TEMPERATURES PLUMMET, THIS IS THE PERFECT RECIPE FOR THOSE TEMPERATURES TO TAKE A NOSEDIVE. SO HERE’S THE WIND CHILL FORECAST TOMORROW MORNING. -10 TO -5. WE HAVE THE SAME THING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY EVEN BE A LITTLE BIT COLDER BECAUSE OF THAT HIGH PRESSURE. WE JUST SAW. NOTICE THOUGH, IT DOES GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER SLOWLY TO THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN EVENTUALLY FRIDAY MORNING. WE’RE DONE WITH THE NEGATIVES. SO YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PREPARED FOR HIGHS IN THE TEENS AND LOWS NEAR ZERO. WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS GOING TO BE REMAINING THERE AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SO YOUR TEN DAY FORECAST, WE HAVE THOSE SUBZERO WIND CHILLS CONTINUING TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, LIKE I SAID. BUT NOTICE THAT THE TEMPERATURES DO BEGIN TO MODERATE AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THURSDAY. WE EVENTUALLY GET BACK TO THE 30S FRIDAY AND THEN NEAR AVERAGE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. OUR AVERAGE HIGH THIS TIME OF YEAR IS 38 AND CLIMATOLOGICALLY SPEAKING, THIS IS THE COLDEST PERIOD OF THE YEAR. IT’S FROM THE 19TH TO THE 26TH WHERE OUR AVERAGES ARE AT THEIR LOWEST. SO THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY UNUSUAL FOR BEING COLD, IT’S JUST THE DURATION OF THE COLD. WE’RE GOING TO SEE SEVERAL DAYS LIKE THIS. AND THEN WE’LL EVENTUALLY WARM THINGS UP AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE WEEKEND. SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE USING HATS, SCARVES, GLOVES, STAYING BUNDLED UP AND STAYING SAFE THERE OUT IN THE COLD, GUYS, BECAUSE THESE WIND CHILLS ARE DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HEY, THAT’S THE SOUND HEARD ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY TODAY. THE SNOW BLOWER. SO THIS IS DAN MCAVOY CLEARING HIS SIDEWALK ON RALEIGH DRIVE IN SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY. HIS CHILDREN, LIAM AND LILY, ALSO HELPED OUT BY SHOVELING. IT DOES LOOK LIKE FUN. AND WHAT’S A SNOW STORM WITHOUT A LITTLE BIT OF FUN? NEWS 8 WITH COLE STAKER AS HE WAS SLEDDING AT RIVERFRONT PARK IN WRIGHTSVILLE, YORK COUNTY. IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT TIME TO CLEANUP FROM YESTERDAY’S. SNOW IS STILL GOING ON. THE MAJOR ROADS ARE CLEAR, BUT SNOW PACKS ARE STILL A PROBLEM ON SECONDARY ROADS. ED WEINSTOCK REPORTS FROM YORK COUNTY ON PENNDOT EFFORTS TODAY ALONG ROUTE 462 IN YORK COUNTY, A PENNDOT TRUCK IS SPRAYING SALT BRINE ON A SNOW COVERED ROAD BETWEEN WRIGHTSVILLE AND HELLAM. PENNDOT HOPES THE BRINE WILL PEEL OFF COMPRESSED SNOW PACKS THAT LINE THE ROAD. THEY’RE TRYING TO GET MATERIAL DOWN SO WE CAN GET THEM SCRAPED OFF TO THE, YOU KNOW, GET THE BLACKTOP SHOWING. PENNDOT HAS SEEN SNOW PACK SHOWING UP ON SECONDARY ROADS. IT CAN TURN INTO A SHEET OF ICE IF TEMPERATURES PLUMMET. PENNDOT SAYS DRIVERS NEED TO BE CAREFUL IF YOU DRIVE SAFELY AND YOU DRIVE RESPONSIBLY, YOU’LL BE OKAY. YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE GET THAT SNOW PACK OFF, THAT’S THE WAY IT’S GOING TO BE. THAT WAS ED WEINSTOCK REPORTING. OF COURSE, MANY ANIMAL LOVERS AND THEIR PETS ENJOYED THE SNOW. THIS IS DAFFY AND TOBY PLAYING BALL WITH THEIR MOM IN EPHRATA, LANCASTER COUNTY, HAVING A GREAT TIME. NEWS 8 SUSAN SHAPIRO HAS MORE ON THIS SNOW DAY AROUND THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE SNOW BLOWERS WERE GOING STRONG IN LANCASTER AFTER THE SUNDAY SNOWFALL. SUSAN WISNIEWSKI SAYS SHE LOVES THE SNOW AND DOESN’T MIND THE COLD. AS LONG AS YOU’RE DRESSED WARM, THERE’S NO PROBLEM. I’M READY FOR IT TO BE OVER AND I’M READY FOR THE SPRING. BRING ON THE WARM WEATHER. THANK YOU. THE STUMP KENNEDY FAMILY BRAVED THE COLD TO TAKE A TWO MILE WALK TO AND FROM BUCHANAN PARK. THE CITY STREETS AND EVEN THE SIDEWALKS SEEM TO BE IN DECENT SHAPE. IT’S COLD. IT’S SNOWY. PEOPLE HAVE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB CLEARING SIDEWALKS. WE’RE KIND OF IMPRESSED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT IT’S BEEN PRETTY GOOD. THE FAMILY TOOK THAT WALK AFTER SLEDDING HERE AT BUCHANAN PARK. THEY WERE AMONG A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE SLEDDING, SNOWBOARDING AND EVEN SKIING AT THE PARK. THE SENSATION OF SLIDING THE YOU KNOW, IT’S ALMOST LIKE FLYING SOMETIMES. ED COOKE SAYS. THIS IS THE PERFECT WEATHER FOR CROSS-COUNTRY OR MORE SPECIFICALLY, SKATE SKIING. IT’S A LITTLE COLD, BUT WHEN YOU’RE CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING, WHEN YOU GET WARMED UP, YOU CAN HANDLE ALMOST ANY KIND OF TEMPERATURE YOU CAN IMAGINE AS TEMPERATURES DIP, TRAVEL. CHRISTOPHER TALBOTT, A SCIENCE TEACHER AT DONEGAL HIGH SCHOOL, SPENT SOME TIME TAKING PICTURES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. TODAY. HE’S A BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER. YOU SEE THERE HE WAS TAKING PICTURES OF GEESE AND BALD EAGLES AT LONG LEVEL. NICE VIEWS THERE. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF COLD DAYS YOU CAN STAY CONNECTED TO THE NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM THROUGH THE WGAL APP. ALSO THERE WE’VE GOT A LIST OF WEATHER RELATED SCHEDULE CHANGES AS WELL. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING OUR WGAL NEWS EIGHT UPDATE. WE’LL SEE YOU AGAIN FOR NEWS EIGHT AT 1011. OF COURSE, NEWS ANYTIME,

Suspected DUI driver injures Philadelphia police officer

Updated: 7:46 PM EST Jan 20, 2025

A Philadelphia police officer was injured when their vehicle was hit by a suspected DUI driver near the South Philadelphia Sports Complex during the Eagles playoff game on Sunday.Video above: Headlines from News 8A law enforcement source said the suspect was driving erratically near 26th Street and Penrose Avenue shortly before 6 p.m.When Pennsylvania State police tried to pull the driver over, the person fled.The person backed up to evade the troopers and crashed into the Philadelphia police vehicle, officials said.The suspect was taken into custody. Police believe the person was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.The driver’s name hasn’t been released.There’s no word on the officer’s condition.

PHILADELPHIA —

A Philadelphia police officer was injured when their vehicle was hit by a suspected DUI driver near the South Philadelphia Sports Complex during the Eagles playoff game on Sunday.

Video above: Headlines from News 8

A law enforcement source said the suspect was driving erratically near 26th Street and Penrose Avenue shortly before 6 p.m.

When Pennsylvania State police tried to pull the driver over, the person fled.

The person backed up to evade the troopers and crashed into the Philadelphia police vehicle, officials said.

The suspect was taken into custody. Police believe the person was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

The driver’s name hasn’t been released.

There’s no word on the officer’s condition.