radioNOVO News for Williamsport: May 14, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 05/14/26                  A DRIVER NARROWLY ESCAPED INJURY LAST NIGHT AFTER HIS CAR WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN IN SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT.          FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE MAN WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON MAYNARD STREET WHEN HIS TOYOTA CAMRY STALLED WHILE CROSSING THE TRACKS, GETTING STUCK BETWEEN THE GRATES. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO JUMP OUT OF THE VEHICLE JUST BEFORE THE TRAIN MADE IMPACT.          TRAFFIC WAS SHUT DOWN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS WHILE CREWS CLEARED THE SCENE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.          A LOG TRUCK DRIVER MANAGED TO ESCAPE SAFELY WEDNESDAY AFTER HIS VEHICLE’S CAB BURST INTO FLAMES ON ROUTE 44.          VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED NEAR THE LIMESTONE-WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP LINE TO FIND THE TRUCK FULLY ENGULFED. CREWS BROUGHT THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL IN LESS THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES.  STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE INCIDENT.           WILLIAMSPORT POLICE ESCORTED A GROUP OF RUNNERS ON FOURTH STREET TUESDAY NIGHT, AS THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE 2ND ANNUAL HOMETOWN TORCH RUN.  IT WAS A FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY REGION.  THE TORCH RUN STARTED AT LYCOMING COLLEGE AND FINISHED AT PENN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, WITH A PEP RALLY.