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A dumpster truck crashed into a bridge support on Interstate 495 in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Sunday morning, causing delays and sending someone to the hospital.
The ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Traffic Center reported that it happened after 10 a.m. as the truck hit the left support concrete area on the I-495 Inner Loop near River Road. The truck also struck a white sedan.
reported that one person was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
“The entire rear section of the trailer of this truck configuration rests atop the hood and the windshield of the sedan,” said ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Dick Uliano, who is live at the crash site. “The front section of the trailer is perched at a higher-than-45-degree angle, reaching the underside of the bridge.”
Extensive debris and big delays are being reported in both directions of I-495.
Debris has been picked up on the outer loop with all lanes open on the outer loop.
Two hours in, it’s still pretty miserable on both loops of I-495 in Maryland (and out of Virginia, too!) because of the ongoing crash response at River Rd. Tune to 103.5 FM and for details on the 8s.
— ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Traffic (@²ÝÝ®´«Ã½traffic)
In the inner loop, where the crash is, two right lanes are getting by.
All lanes in both directions on River Road above the incident remain open.
A map of where the crash took place is below:
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