A wrong-way driver apparently eliminated one lady and injured nine others throughout a multi-car crash on a Maryland interstate Tuesday evening, according to officials.
Cops received various records of a white Mercedes SUV driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 270 right before 11:45 p.m. near Rockville, Maryland.
The motorist ultimately drove onto the Capital Beltway (I-495) traveling eastbound in the westbound lane.
Jayleen Hannor, 23, of Macon, Ga., is suspected of driving the Mercedes that collapsed right into a Lexus and Nissan SUV near Maryland Path 355, Maryland State Police stated in a press release Wednesday morning.
3 youngsters and two grownups who were riding in the Nissan Pathfinder were wounded in the collision.
One adult lady in the SUV was hurried to a local health center, where she was noticable dead.
The Lexus was bring 5 adults, all of whom were moved to area medical facilities with injuries.
The accident and succeeding emergency feedback caused all lanes on the interstate’s outer loop to be closed down for a number of hours.
The problems and identifications of those injured were unidentified as of Wednesday morning.
Authorities claim Hannor ran away but was apprehended a short time later on and gave the state police barracks in Rockville, where charges are pending.
Westbound web traffic on I-495 was resumed around 4:23 a.m. Wednesday, the Maryland State Highway Administration announced.
The location of the wreck is just north of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, which is approximately 22 miles northwest of Washington, DC.
The Blog post has connected to the Maryland State Police for more details.