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Sunday Beltway delays caused by major truck crash

[connatix_element_embed script_id=417e40fb9dd249f798e5bd8bace60dc7 player_id=7bc491b4-922b-4e8d-b1b1-150648e80442 video_id=1420eee9-3f8b-462c-8a9e-141289e59b3e align=right] Listen live to WTOP for the latest traffic updates on the 8s. A dumpster truck crashed into a bridge support on Interstate 495 in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Sunday morning, causing delays and sending someone to the hospital. The WTOP Traffic Center reported that it happened after 10 a.m. as the truck hit the left support concrete area on the I-495 Inner Loop near River Road. The truck also struck a white sedan. Pete Piringer of Montgomery County Fire and Rescue reported that one person was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. “The entire rear section of the trailer of this truck configuration rests atop the hood and the windshield of the sedan,” said WTOP’s Dick Uliano, who is live at the crash site. “The front section of the trailer is perched at a higher-than-45-degree angle, reaching the underside of the bridge.” Extensive debris and big delays are being reported in both directions of I-495. Debris has been picked up on the outer loop with all lanes open on the outer loop.

In the inner loop, where the crash is, two right lanes are getting by. All lanes in both directions on River Road above the incident remain open. A map of where the crash took place is below: [google_map latitude=”38.99104037166421″ longitude=”-77.15712949307007″ zoom=”13″ height=”300px” location_label=”Dumpster truck crash on I-495″ dynamic_map=”true”] Stay with WTOP for the latest updates. 

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