HAMPSTEAD, Md. — Two people have died, three people were taken via helicopter to Shock Trauma after a serious crash on the Hampstead Bypass in Carroll County Friday morning.
Maryland State Police responded to the three-vehicle crash just before 8 a.m.
Troopers say that it looks like a Ford pickup truck was traveling southbound on the Hampstead Bypass and ended up driving in the northbound lanes.
The Ford pickup hit a dump truck, which then hit a Chevrolet pickup truck.
The driver of the Chevrolet, identified as Nicholas Standiford, 25, died at the scene, and a passenger in that pickup was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The driver and passenger in the dump truck and the driver of the Ford were all flown to Shock Trauma by Maryland State Police helicopters.
Lanes were closed for around 5 hours in both directions on the Hampstead Bypass (MD Rt. 30), north of Phillips Drive, but have since reopened.
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office assisted Maryland State Police with the response.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.
