Larry Frum

Tractor-Trailer Strikes Bridge Support, Rolls Onto Pickup Truck

Four people were injured after a tractor-trailer and pickup truck collided on the Capitol Beltway Saturday, authorities say.

The tractor-trailer collided with a Dodge Ram pickup truck on westbound Interstate 495 in College Park, Maryland, Maryland State Police said. The tractor-trailer overturned on the pickup truck and struck a concrete column that supports the Riggs Road bridge.

Four people involved in the accident were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, state police said.

The bridge had no structural damage, according to state police.

It is unknown what the tractor-trailer was carrying, but the hazmat support unit from the College Park Volunteer Fire Department was called to the scene to clean up spilled fuel. The crash occurred around 10:30 a.m.

Three westbound lanes on the Beltway were closed for aobut two hours.

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