Fiery Crash Halts Traffic in Prince George's County

BALTIMORE (WJZ)-- The Prince George's County Police are investigating a crash on Route 301 near Route 50 .

Officers say a car was traveling on the wrong side of the road when it collided with a semi-truck. The driver of the truck jumped to safety after the car caught on fire.

DEVELOPING: Semi driver jumped to safety after cab erupts into flames upon being hit head on by car driving on wrong side of road pic.twitter.com/iFEUMRWuVQ
— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) January 20, 2017

Prince George's County police officer Piazza saw the smoke and raced to the scene to rescue the driver inside the burning car. He was able to extinguish the fire and pulled the victim out of the car with help from citizens.

MORE: Car (on right) was traveling against traffic on Rt 301 approaching Rt 50 when it collided head on with the semi truck. pic.twitter.com/DXYowwR21F
— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) January 20, 2017

The driver was taken to an area hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

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