Crime & Safety

1 Person Seriously Injured After Crash With Dump Truck

One person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a head-on collision with a dump truck in Olney Monday morning.

SILVER SPRING, MD — One person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a head-on collision with a dump truck in Olney Monday morning.

The collision happened in the 6100 block of Olney Laytonsville Road on Route 108, Montgomery County Fire & Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer said.

It took about 30 minutes to extricate the victim from the crash, Piringer said. The unidentified person was then transported to the trauma unit.

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Multiple lanes were blocked after the crash.

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Photo via Pete Piringer

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