BALTIMORE — A child and woman are dead following a Wednesday morning crash in Northeast Baltimore.
It happened around 7:30am in the 3500 block of Belair Road.
Sharon Worsham, 68, and Xavier Dukes, 9, were pronounced dead on the scene.
A second child and two other adults were also hospitalized with less serious injuries.
Wow. This is what the car looks like after emergency crews had to take it apart to get the driver out. The woman & a child, who the fire chief says was grade-school age, were killed in the 4-vehicle crash. Another child was taken to the hospital w/ serious injuries. @WMAR2News pic.twitter.com/YvI5NJNa6x
— Elizabeth Worthington (@ElizWorthNews) February 21, 2024
The crash involved four vehicles, according Baltimore City Fire spokesperson Kevin Cartwright.
A local church pastor reportedly helped pull one person from the wreckage.
Baltimore Police believe speed was a factor, but didn't offer specifics on what led to the crash.
People who live and work in the area say drivers often treat this stretch of road like a raceway.
"Always. There's always accidents. One of my cars was parked right here and there was an accident and they smashed right into the car. So it's always something going on, rather it's shootings or accidents, always something going on," Lakia Watson said.
Earl Veit and his fellow crew members were supposed to do road work here this morning, but that portion of Belair Road was shut down for hours.
"By the time we got up here this morning, and got our vehicles here before we could even set up, there was already an accident and tape out, and closed down," Veit said. "Once we saw the tape here and everything here, you assume something pretty bad happened."
"It was crazy. Seeing the baby out there on the ground, it was heartbreaking. It was crazy. It was upsetting," said Watson.
"Crazy, never really saw anything like this before. It's upsetting, it's sad, you never want to see something like this happen," added Veit.
