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Bypass Closed for Car in Woods; Second Accident Occurs

Maryland State Police are asking drivers to avoid the Bel Air Bypass this afternoon.

UPDATE (5:51 p.m.)—The Bel Air Bypass has been partially reopened, but police are still asking drivers to avoid the road.

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A second accident has occurred near the Bel Air Bypass in front of the park and ride on Rocks Spring Road. A dispatcher for the Maryland State Police said there were no injuries and no one was transported to the hospital.

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The accident occurred just before 5:20 p.m.

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A car crashed into the woods Tuesday afternoon closing the Bel Air Bypass from the Maryland Route 24 ramp into Bel Air to Rocks Spring Road.

Maryland State Police are asking drivers to avoid the area as a Medevac will be landing on the road for the rescue.

A dispatcher for the police could not specify the type of vehicle except to say that it was a car and the patient would be flown to Shock Trauma.

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