(BEL AIR, Md.) – Maryland State Police are investigating a crash in which two people died this morning in Harford County.
At approximately 7 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack responded to southbound Maryland Route 24 at Ring Factory Road on a report of a multi-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, traffic was backed up prior to the crash. At the same time, a tractor-trailer was traveling south on Maryland Route 24 when for unknown reasons the driver failed to slow or stop and crashed into multiple vehicles.
The tractor-trailer came to a stop at Ring Factory Road and caught fire, along with two other vehicles that were pinned under the truck. A total of six people were transported to area hospitals, including two each to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Shock Trauma and University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Among those taken to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center was an 8-year-old male, who was declared deceased at the hospital.
The victims of the crash have yet to be identified. Maryland State Police were assisted at the scene by the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, Bel Air Police Department, Harford County Department of Emergency Services and the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration. The Maryland State Police CRASH team and the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division are assisting in the investigation.
Maryland Route 24 was shut down for several hours as a result of this crash.
The investigation is ongoing…
CONTACT: Ron Snyder, Office of Media Communications, 410-653-4236
[ This article originally appeared here ]
At approximately 7 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack responded to southbound Maryland Route 24 at Ring Factory Road on a report of a multi-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, traffic was backed up prior to the crash. At the same time, a tractor-trailer was traveling south on Maryland Route 24 when for unknown reasons the driver failed to slow or stop and crashed into multiple vehicles.
The tractor-trailer came to a stop at Ring Factory Road and caught fire, along with two other vehicles that were pinned under the truck. A total of six people were transported to area hospitals, including two each to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Shock Trauma and University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Among those taken to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center was an 8-year-old male, who was declared deceased at the hospital.
The victims of the crash have yet to be identified. Maryland State Police were assisted at the scene by the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, Bel Air Police Department, Harford County Department of Emergency Services and the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration. The Maryland State Police CRASH team and the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division are assisting in the investigation.
Maryland Route 24 was shut down for several hours as a result of this crash.
The investigation is ongoing…
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CONTACT: Ron Snyder, Office of Media Communications, 410-653-4236
[ This article originally appeared here ]