Tractor trailer driver Dennis Frampton, 47, dies in violent crash on Interstate 495 in Bethesda, Maryland
Man dies in tractor trailer crash on Beltway
The outer loop of the Beltway was shut down Friday morning for several hours at Connecticut Ave. for a fatal crash involving an overturned tractor trailer, according to Montgomery County Fire.
A man was driving the truck on the outer loop, when for unknown reasons he crashed into a concrete traffic barrier and overturned, throwing the man out of his vehicle and into the inner lanes.
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Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said paramedics transported the driver, who was ejected from the vehicle and unconscious, to an area hospital with trauma injuries. A Maryland State Police Department news release identified the driver as 47-year-old Dennis Frampton of Halethorpe. Police said he died from his injuries at Suburban Hospital.
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