WASHINGTON — Four people were taken to the hospital Saturday morning with minor injuries after a tractor-trailer crashed into a bridge support at the Riggs Road overpass on Interstate 495 and rolled over onto a pickup truck, snarling traffic on the Capital Beltway Outer Loop and blocking the right side, according to officials.
But the miracle is that nobody was more seriously hurt.
“#NoKidding” tweeted Prince George’s County Chief Spokesperson Mark Brady on Twitter.
U/D 495 crash. 4 people tx to local hospitals with minor injuries – – TT struck support at Riggs RD overpass (not I-95)
— Mark Brady (@PGFDPIO)
“Unbelievable that occupants all self-extricated with minor injuries,” he wrote.
The right side of the Outer Loop between Interstate 95 and Maryland 650/New Hampshire Avenue was blocked because of the crash.
A hazardous materials team was also called in to help clean up spilled fuel from one of the vehicle’s saddle tanks.
Hazmat Co 12 picking up from an overturned tractor trailer on I495 near the county line.
— College Park Fire (@CPFD)
