Friday, January 30, 2015

TRUCK CRASHES INTO HOUSE IN UPPERCO, MARYLAND. 2 PEOPLE TRAPPED IN CRASH FLOWN TO HOSPITAL



TRUCK CRASHES INTO HOUSE IN UPPERCO, MARYLAND.  2 PEOPLE TRAPPED IN CRASH FLOWN TO HOSPITAL







January 29, 2015

UPPERCO, Md. —Two people were flown to Shock Trauma Thursday morning after a collision sent a truck crashing into a house in Upperco, Baltimore County police said.

Police said the truck went about 15 feet into a vacant house in the 15400 block of Hanover Pike shortly after 10 a.m.

Officials said the truck was traveling north on Hanover Pike and a Honda Prelude was traveling south when the two vehicles collided. Each driver was trapped and had to be rescued, officials said. The chain of events is unclear at this early stage of the investigation.

"The drivers of both vehicles were trapped and fire (officials) called for heavy rescue assignment at 10:14. That brought out the equipment that we needed to free these people from the vehicles," police spokeswoman Elise Armacost said.

Two people were flown to Shock Trauma. They were each listed in serious condition, although their injuries were not life-threatening, officials said.

Baltimore County fire and police officials shut down Hanover Pike in both directions in the area of Emory Road for hours.

Crash investigators and building inspectors were called to the scene. The Baltimore County Fire Department Urban Search and Rescue Team was also called to shore up the house.
"They're there to try to shore up that house to protect against collapse that could be dangerous to the responders or anyone around," Armacost said.

A hazardous materials team removed fuel from the truck in order to safely remove it from the scene.