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2 Injured, Including Maryland State Trooper, In Crash On Interstate 270 In Montgomery County

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WJZ) -- Two people, including a state trooper, were injured in a crash near Gaithersburg Monday afternoon, the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service said.

The crash happened on southbound Interstate 270 at Interstate 370. A fire department spokesperson tweeted a trooper who was on the scene of a previous incident in the area was rear-ended by another vehicle.

A person inside the vehicle that rear-ended the trooper was briefly trapped.

The cause of the crash is not immediately clear. Traffic on the ramp from southbound I-270 to I-370 is being delayed.

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