BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A woman is dead and a child and man are injured after their car collided with two MTA Maryland Light Rail trains in downtown Baltimore, officials said Thursday morning.
Officials said at around 7:30 a.m. two Light Rail trains were coming at opposite directions when a car driving eastbound on Mulberry Street collided with the Light Rails.
Firefighters were on the scene of the crash at Howard Street, where the car — a gray sedan — became wedged between the two train cars.
Three people from the vehicle were trapped — a woman, a 30-year-old man and a seven-year-old child.
The man and child were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, but the woman died at the scene, officials said.
🚊LIGHT RAIL RESCUE🚊
N Howard St & W Mulberry St 21201@CouncilmanETC#DowntownCrash involving a vehicle & @mtamaryland Light Rail. Multiple people trapped. #BCFDR1 using special rescue tools to free them. All vehicular & rail traffic stopped. #BalTraffic
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— Baltimore Firefighters IAFF Local 734 (@BCFDL734) August 20, 2020
The light rail operator of the southbound train was also taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
“In order to get the two occupants out of the vehicle, the adult male and the child… the fire department, with some assistance from the police department had to extract them out of the vehicles,” said Baltimore City Fire PIO Blair Adams.
“The fire department is on scene and they have to bring in additional apparatus to extract that vehicle which is wedged in between both trains,” said Baltimore Police Detective Nicole Monroe.
At this time there are no other reports of injuries from passengers on the Light Rails.
Light RailLink is experiencing delays due to the accident. Shuttle bus service from North Avenue to Camden Yards is in place currently.
UPDATED – Light RailLink Service Advisory — Light RailLink is currently experiencing delays in due to an accident in the downtown area. Shuttle bus service from North Avenue to Camden Yards is in place to accommodate passengers m… https://t.co/vfDNlXGeu7
— MTA Maryland (@mtamaryland) August 20, 2020
The investigation is ongoing.
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