Interstate 95 (I-95)

Maryland Wrong-Way Driver Killed in I-95 Crash: Police

The other driver and a 14-year-old passenger were taken to a hospital

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A wrong-way motorist on Interstate 95 in Maryland was killed Sunday when his vehicle collided with a pickup truck, state police said.

Jose Carlos Oviedo Herrera, 22, of Baltimore, died in the crash, according to a police news release.

Troopers were sent shortly before 7 a.m. to a crash involving two vehicles in southbound express toll lanes of I-95 in Baltimore County. Police believe Herrera, who was driving a Volkswagen, was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes and struck a Ford truck head-on.

The 36-year-old truck driver and his 14-year-old passenger were taken to the hospital, police said. Herrera was driving in the wrong direction for β€œreasons unknown,” the news release said, and the investigation was continuing.

Three southbound lanes were closed for about four hours as part of the investigation.

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