ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. — U.S. Park Police confirm that one person was killed in an early morning crash on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
At a little before 2:40 a.m., firefighters responded to a 911 call reporting a motor vehicle collision in the area of northbound Route 295 and Route 32. While they were in route, police had already advised that two patients were trapped and that one possibly had fatal injuries.
Firefighters arrived and found a two-vehicle accident that involved an SUV and a sedan. They were advised that the SUV hit the sedan from behind and caused it to overturn. The driver, 19-year-old Amayah Charles, and the 25-year-old male passenger of the sedan were trapped until firefighters extricated them.
Charles was declared dead by paramedics, while her passenger was transported to Shock Trauma with serious injuries.
The 19-year-old male driver of the SUV was also transported to Shock Trauma with serious injuries.
Northbound lanes were shut down in that area for about four hours Monday morning, but it has been reopened.
This crash is still under investigation, so anyone who may have witnessed anything prior to the crash to contact the CIB tip line at (202) 610-8737 or US Park Police Communications at (202) 610-7500.
