Crime & Safety
Man Strikes Tree In Prince George's County, Critically Injured
A man is critically injured after he crashed into a tree and got trapped in his car on the Baltimore Washington Parkway near Route 197.
LAUREL, MD — A man is critically injured after he crashed into a tree and got trapped in his car early Tuesday morning in Laurel, police said.
The crash occurred on the Baltimore Washington Parkway near Route 197 going south at about 5 a.m., police said.
The man was trapped in his car for around 30 minutes before he was flown to a hospital in D.C.
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S/B 295 & 197. Units O/S with MVA. 1 PT trapped. Go Team alerted pic.twitter.com/UCa2wFGRee
— Laurel Volunteers (@laurelvfd1) September 26, 2017
Southbound lanes of the BW Parkway between MD-197 and Powder Mill Road were closed for hours. The lanes have since reopened.
This is a developing story. Patch will update this post as further information is released.
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Photo: Laurel Volunteer Fire Department
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