Police: 6 Dead After Crash on the Baltimore Beltway

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They were construction workers.

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Police: 6 Dead After Crash on the Baltimore Beltway

By Associated Press • Published 1 hour ago • Updated 20 mins ago



At least six people were dead after a crash that closed the Baltimore Beltway in both directions Wednesday, snarling traffic along the west side of the highway that encircles the city, Maryland State Police said.

Police said troopers were responding around 1:30 p.m. to a crash on northbound Interstate 695 in the Woodlawn area, where road work has been taking place.

In a Twitter update later Wednesday afternoon, police said at least six people had died. ... Some of those killed were inside the construction zone, according to a State Police spokesperson who was unable to specify whether the victims were construction workers.

Officials with the Baltimore County Fire Department, which also responded, called the crash “extremely serious” and asked drivers to avoid the area.

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6 killed in Woodlawn-area crash on Baltimore Beltway

WBAL Updated: 4:11 PM EDT Mar 22, 2023

Greg Ng
Digital Media Manager

Barry Simms
I-Team Reporter

WOODLAWN, Md. — Six people were killed Wednesday afternoon in a crash on the westside of the Baltimore Beltway in Woodlawn.

According to Maryland State Police, troopers were called around 12:40 p.m. for reports of a pedestrian struck at a work zone on the Inner Loop of the Beltway near Security Boulevard.

A preliminary investigation indicates the car entered the work zone in between jersey walls, struck construction workers and overturned.

State police said they continue to notify the families of those who died, and the driver of the car was taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore.

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This developing report will be updated.