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Maryland State Police Responded To More Than 30 Crashes Overnight, Nearly 400 Since Thursday Morning

PIKESVILLE, Md. (WJZ) -- Maryland State Police troopers helped hundreds of motorists as the latest winter weather system took aim at the state.

Between 10 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Thursday, troopers responded to 23 unattended or disabled vehicles and answered 282 calls for service.

That's in addition to the 158 crashes they responded to Thursday between 4 a.m. to noon. They also responded to 93 calls for disabled or unattended vehicles.

In total, between 6 a.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday, troopers responded to 383 crashes and 1,277 calls for service, a state police spokesperson said Friday morning.

One of those crashes involved a Montgomery County police cruiser. A county fire department spokesperson tweeted the unoccupied vehicle was blocking the scene of a previous crash on a ramp from the inner loop of Interstate 495 to Route 355 when another vehicle hit the cruiser and tow truck. No serious injuries were reported.

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