LANCASTER, Pa. — Church Street is closed after a gas main was damaged due to a vehicle crashing into a home early Saturday morning.
Authorities say UGI is making emergency repairs in the area of Church Street and Pershing Avenue.
Church Street is closed to vehicles from South Lime, East Mifflin, and Jefferson Streets.
Fire crews were called to the 1st block of Church Street on Saturday around 6:47 a.m. for a vehicle crash into a house that happened sometime overnight.
Police say the vehicle was already gone when the homeowner called emergency services.
The crash damaged the home's front porch and gas main.
Officials say they could smell natural gas and evacuated nearby homes.
Police are investigating the hit-and-run crash.
Authorities did not say how long Church Street is expected to be closed.
