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One man died and another was seriously injured after an early Sunday morning crash on the Northbound Baltimore-Washington Parkway, according to U.S. Park Police.

The crash happened around 3:45 a.m. and closed the northbound stretch of the parkway from Greenbelt Road to Powder Mill road for over four hours, according to the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Traffic Center.

Baltimore-Washington Pkwy NB is now OPEN btwn MD-193/Greenbelt Rd and Powder Mill Rd, overnight crash investigation has CLEARED

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The road reopened around 8 a.m.

All northbound traffic on the parkway was diverted to Greenbelt Road, at which point the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Traffic Center reported Route 1 and Interstate 95 were viable options for drivers.

MD UPDATE B-W Pkwy NB diverted to MD-193/Greenbelt Rd by crash investigation. Listen live to ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s latest traffic reports every 10 minutes on the 8s.

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Traffic on the southbound portion of the parkway was unaffected.

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Mary De Pompa contributed to this report. This story will be updated.