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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

A crash involving several vehicles shuts down a portion of I-695.

It happened just before 10:30 p.m. Thursday night at Parks Heights Avenue in Pikesville.

State police say one vehicle overturned and multiple cars were involved.

One person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The road reopened to drivers about a half an hour later.

Date: 
Friday, January 31, 2014

Maryland State Police say a crash on the Baltimore Beltway has killed an elderly woman.

Police responded to the two-car collision Saturday evening on the inner loop of Interstate 695 at Park Heights Avenue. Police say a Toyota Camry collided with a Nissan Rogue.

Police say the driver of the Toyota lost control, striking a concrete barrier twice on the right side of the roadway before crossing the highway and crashing into the barrier on the left shoulder. A passing motorist stopped and helped the drive and passenger out of the car as it caught fire.

Date: 
Thursday, January 30, 2014
A contracted highway worker was killed Friday afternoon in an accident on the inner loop of Interstate 695, just prior to Interstate 795 in Baltimore County, according to police and highway officials. The worker, who has not been identified, was doing preliminary work for an upcoming State Highway Administration project in the Pikesville area when the collission occurred about 2 p.m., said a SHA spokeswoman. The worker is an employee of a private contractor hired by the SHA to conduct the work, Burnette Edgar said.
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Saturday, December 21, 2013
An Owings Mills man was killed Sunday morning after his car crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on the Baltimore Beltway in Pikesville, officials said. Bennie Lee Shaw Jr., 34, was driving on the outer loop of the Beltway near Greenspring Avenue at 4:36 a.m. when his 2005 Audi A8 rear-ended a 1999 International tractor trailer, according to the Maryland State Police. Shaw was trapped in the car and was rescued by Baltimore County firefighters, but was declared dead at the scene, according to the Maryland State Police. The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured.