After 2 Crashes On Bel Air Bypass Road Reopens: Officials

BEL AIR, MD — Authorities said two crashes on the Bel Air Bypass Tuesday morning prompted a temporary closure of the road. In the first crash, a vehicle overturned on the northbound part of the bypass at Rock Spring Road, according to officials. The second crash happened near the Vale Road overpass.

By 8:45 a.m., the bypass had completely reopened after first responders cleared two collisions, officials said.

The latter happened at approximately 7:12 a.m. At least one person was trapped after a collision on the northbound part of the Bel Air Bypass at the Vale Road overpass, according to Jenn Chenworth, spokeswoman for the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association.

The Bel Air Bypass was closed after 7:30 a.m. due to the emergency response in the area.

Traffic was diverted onto MD 924, Chenworth said, since the Bel Air Bypass was closed to north and southbound traffic.

That was the second crash on the Bel Air Bypass reported in the span of a half hour; at 6:50 a.m., Chenworth said at least one person was injured in a crash on the Bel Air Bypass while traveling north at Rock Spring Road. After that crash, northbound traffic was diverted onto Rock Spring Road, she reported. The southbound side of the bypass was also closed due to debris from the crash in the southbound lanes.

Within two hours of the first crash, officials were reporting the bypass had reopened.

Approximately 0.3 to 0.8 inch of snow was reportedly on the ground, and there were icy patches in the area of the bypass Thursday morning, according to Bel Air Patch readers.

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