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Outer Loop of I-495
Rockville, MD
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Crash Shuts Down Three Lanes On I-495 Inner Loop In Montgomery County (
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A crash has shut down three travel lanes on the Inner Loop of I-495 in Maryland on Sunday afternoon, June 28, snarling traffic through Montgomery County as emergency crews respond. The collision was reported shortly before 3 p.m. just past Exit 33 for MD 185 (Connecticut Avenue). According to the Maryland Department of Transportation, three of the four Inner Loop travel lanes are closed, along with one of the two shoulders, while responders remain on the scene. The Outer Loop remains fully open. Traffic camera footage from the area shows heavy congestion stretching well back from the cras…
Bowie, MD
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Wrong Way Driver Kills One In Fiery Crash On Capital Beltway
One person was dead after a wrong way driver crashed into them, igniting their vehicle on the Capital Beltway, reports NBC Washington. Mignon Allison Kirksey, 51, was traveling in the northbound lanes when she was killed after Donisha Alexus Leatherwood, 30, struck her vehicle while going the wrong way on the Outer Loop of I-495 near Central Avenue around 3:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 8, the outlet reports. One of the vehicles caught fire after the collision and Leatherwood was transported by ambulance to an area hospital for treatment of her injuries. Police have not yet said wheth…
