Interstate crash in Maryland as motorcade passes; 1 dead

January 26, 2017 at 5:02 a.m. | Updated January 26, 2017 at 12:46 p.m.

by Associated Press

Firefighters extinguish a car that caught fire Wednesday after a multi-vehicle crash along westbound Interstate 70, at the intersection of Interstate 270 in Frederick, Maryland. State Police spokeswoman Elena Russo said the multiple-vehicle crash, which claimed at least one life, occurred as police were assisting U.S. Capitol Police with a motorcade.
Firefighters extinguish a car that caught fire Wednesday after a multi-vehicle crash along westbound Interstate 70, at the intersection of Interstate 270 in Frederick, Maryland. State Police spokeswoman Elena Russo said the multiple-vehicle crash, which claimed at least one life, occurred as police were assisting U.S. Capitol Police with a motorcade.

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Police are investigating a pileup at the intersection of two interstates in Maryland where traffic had stopped to allow a congressional motorcade to pass.

Eva Malecki of the U.S. Capitol Police said the Wednesday morning motorcade was traveling from Washington to Shepherdstown, West Virginia. She said no motorcade vehicles were involved in the accident near Frederick where interstates 70 and 270 meet.

A spokesman for Sen. Bernie Sanders, Josh Miller-Lewis, said Senate Democrats are holding a retreat in Shepherdstown, about 70 miles from Washington.

Maryland State Police said an SUV driver was killed in the pileup, which also included three dump trucks.

The Maryland State Highway Administration said on its website that the crash closed westbound I-70 and northbound off-ramp lanes of I-270.

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