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  • Dump truck driver dies after crash, delays remain on I-95 in Maryland – WTOP News

    One person is dead and two others are in the hospital Monday morning following a collision between a tractor-trailer and a dump truck on Interstate 95 in Maryland.

    One person is dead and two others are in the hospital Monday morning following a collision between a tractor-trailer and a dump truck on Interstate 95 in Elkridge, according to Maryland State Police.

    Police said the dump truck crashed into the back of a parked tractor-trailer between the Harbor Tunnel Thruway, also called Interstate 895, and Maryland Route 100 around 5:30 a.m.

    The dump truck’s driver was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the dump truck was airlifted to a hospital.

    The driver of the tractor-trailer was also taken to the hospital.

    Police continue to investigate the crash.

    At one point, all southbound lanes on I-95 were closed for the investigation. Drivers are able to get past the crash investigation, but anyone heading from Baltimore to D.C. should plan for delays. WTOP Traffic has the latest on the impact on the roadway.

    Below is a map of where the accident took place.

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  • Car passenger dies after crash with Fairfax County ambulance – WTOP News

    The passenger of a car has died after the car he was in struck a Fairfax County, Virginia, ambulance that was on its way to an emergency. 

    The passenger of a car has died after the vehicle they were in struck a Fairfax County, Virginia, ambulance that was on its way to an emergency.

    It happened Tuesday afternoon at Worldgate Drive and Alton Square in Herndon.

    A Fairfax County ambulance with its “full emergency equipment activated” was trying to turn onto Alton Square, but the driver of a 2007 Hyundai failed to yield and struck the ambulance, according to news release from police.

    The car’s passenger, 35-year-old Irvin Escobar Lujuan, of Sterling, was taken to the hospital where he later died. The driver, 23-year-old Jose Lopez Martinez, of Nokesville, was also hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening.

    Speeding and alcohol appear to be factors in the crash, police said.

    Lopez Martinez has been charged with driving while intoxicated.

    Two firefighters were also taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

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