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1 dead as three‑vehicle crash shuts down part of the BW Parkway in Greenbelt

By Matt Small

U.S. Park Police are investigating a deadly three‑vehicle crash along the Baltimore‑Washington Parkway near Greenbelt Road in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Officers said one person, taken to a hospital by medevac helicopter, later died.

Three people from a second vehicle were transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Two people from a third vehicle were uninjured, U.S. Park Police said.

The crash, which happened shortly after midnight, has closed southbound lanes of the Baltimore‑Washington Parkway just south of Powder Mill Road.

A map of the area is below.

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