Crime & Safety

I-95 Crash May Have Been Caused By Impairment: Police

A three-vehicle crash on I-95 may have been caused by impairment, police said. The Baltimore County wreck hospitalized two drivers.

The Maryland State Police said a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 South in Arbutus hospitalized two drivers on Sunday. Troopers think impairment may have contributed to the wreck.
The Maryland State Police said a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 South in Arbutus hospitalized two drivers on Sunday. Troopers think impairment may have contributed to the wreck. (Jacob Baumgart/Patch Stock Photo)

ARBUTUS, MD — Police think impairment may have contributed to a three-vehicle, serious injury crash this weekend on Interstate 95 in Baltimore County.

Troopers said the wreck happened Sunday around 2:50 a.m. on southbound I-95, south of Interstate 195 in Arbutus.

A 2008 Mercury Mountaineer SUV hit the back of a 2004 tractor-trailer, authorities said.

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Police said a 2016 Toyota Corolla sedan then hit the Mercury.

The Mercury and Toyota drivers were both taken to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, troopers said. Nobody else was hurt.

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The road was closed for several hours.

The Maryland State Police is still investigating.

Charges are pending the outcome of the investigation and a consultation with the Office of the State's Attorney in Baltimore County.

This map shows the area where authorities said the crash happened.

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