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Two people are in the hospital with serious injuries after a car slid off the George Washington Parkway and crashed into trees Friday morning, shuttering northbound lanes for hours.

U.S. Park Police said it happened around 6 a.m., just before the exit to Reagan National Airport.

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Jack Taylor said the car was on fire at some point.

Northbound lanes had been closed since shortly after the crash. They reopened around 10:30 a.m.

“GW Parkway is a mess!” one listener wrote to ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ from the road earlier Friday. “I’ve been in the car for an hour and only gone 5 miles. Avoid it at all costs!”

Serious accident this morning on . Car on its side being cut out of a patch of trees w/ chainsaws near , intersection of and . Car tracks thru mud on airport side of trail, crossing trail, ending in trees.

— Adam Lee Shaw (@adamleeshaw515)

Congestion is still hampering traffic near the site of the crash.

Traffic in Alexandria is very CONGESTED due to crashes outside our jurisdiction (mainly the closure & massive backup on GW Parkway). Please be patient & kind to other drivers; we are all in this together. 🙁

— Alexandria Police (@AlexandriaVAPD)

A map of the area where the incident occurred is below.