Crime & Safety
3 Dead In I-695 Crash After Driver Flees Police: Troopers
Three people died after a driver fled police on I-695, troopers said. Authorities didn't chase the car, which crashed minutes later.
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Three people died this weekend when a car crashed after fleeing police on Interstate 695, authorities said.
Troopers have not yet identified the deceased.
Authorities said the crash happened just after 11 p.m. Saturday.
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The Maryland State Police said a trooper was performing a traffic stop on a Jeep Wrangler on the inner loop of I-695 at Greenspring Avenue in Pikesville when the vehicle took off.
A press release said the trooper did not pursue the vehicle, deactivated his emergency lights and reentered traffic.
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The trooper said he spotted the Jeep about three minutes later fully engulfed in flames in the grass area of the I-695 ramp to southbound I-83 in Timonium.
Police said the Jeep was trying to exit onto the ramp when it lost control for unknown reasons and hit an embankment then a tree before catching fire.
Medics pronounced the driver and the two passengers dead on the scene, authorities said.
This map shows the area where troopers said the crash happened.
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