By Dillon Mullan, Cassidy Jensen, Brooke Conrad
Baltimore Sun
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — A fiery crash killed two people on Interstate 83 in Baltimore County on Wednesday afternoon.
A pickup truck hauling a trailer driving south lost control and crossed over into oncoming traffic around 2 p.m., Maryland State Police said. The truck struck a mobile crane, setting both vehicles on fire and causing three more cars to crash, state police said.
The driver of a pickup truck and the driver of a mobile crane were declared dead at the scene near Parkton about 5 miles south of the Pennsylvania line, state police said. Four more people were injured and taken by ambulance to a hospital in York, Pennsylvania.
Both lanes and shoulders of I-83 North at Exit 33 for MD Route 45 or York Road were closed around 2:15 p.m. and remained closed around 6:30 p.m., according to the Maryland Department of Transportation.
At about 5:30 p.m., a few investigators snapped photos at the scene, where two mangled SUVs could be seen on the right side of northbound 83. A damaged black vehicle rested on a grassy incline between the freeway and the ramp. Farther down, a baby blue Subaru with two crushed doors on the driver’s side was missing a wheel.
Baltimore County Fire Department hazmat crews arrived on the scene and people should expect “major delays,” the fire department said.
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