Troopers Responded to 377 Crashes in Maryland Saturday: Police

During Saturday's ice storm, Maryland State Police said troopers responded to 377 crashes, mostly minor.

The largest trooper-led response occurred around 5:30 a.m. on the inner loop of Interstate 695, police said. Because of black ice near MD 702/East West Highway, drivers lost control and a 15-vehicle crash resulted.

Part of I-695 was closed for six hours, according to police.

Officials said nine people were hospitalized from the crash, taken to Franklin Square or Bayview; none of the injuries was serious, police reported.

The investigation into the fatal tractor-trailer crash on I-95 south past Caton Avenue was led by the Maryland Transportation Authority, involving 17 hours of lane closures, two deaths and a 55-car pileup, officials said.

Maryland State Police on Sunday released this data about its response to the storm from midnight Friday to midnight Saturday:

• 377 traffic crashes
• 190 crashes with minor damage (vehicles still drivable)
• 131 crashes that disabled at least one vehicle
• 95 disabled vehicles and stranded motorists
• 56 crashes involving injury

Here's the response Saturday broken down by barracks:

• College Park and Forestville Barracks—60 crashes
• Golden Ring Barrack—34 crashes
• Frederick Barrack —33 crashes
• Salisbury Barrack—27 crashes
• Berlin Barrack—24 crashes
• Hagerstown Barrack—23 crashes

Before the ice storm, troopers responded to two fatal crashes on Friday, according to Maryland State Police.

Two people were killed in a crash on US 301 in Charles County before 8 p.m. on Friday, involving a tractor trailer, Honda Civic and Mercedes van. According to The BayNet, the driver and passenger in the Civic died, and both were Texas residents. Police said the crash was still under investigation Sunday.

After 5 p.m. on Friday, police said a crash on US 50 in Wicomico County resulted in the death of a 70-year-old man who drove his truck into the path of a tractor-trailer.

Pictured, still from CHART traffic camera of MD 100 at MD 170, where a tractor-trailer crashed after 7:30 a.m. on Saturday.