Crime & Safety
Route 24 Reopened After 2 Flown to Shock Trauma
Northbound Maryland Route 24 at West MacPhail Road was closed for about two hours.
UPDATE (2:30 p.m.)—Two Medevac helicopters transported one male each to Shock Trauma just before 1 p.m. Friday after a five-vehicle accident closed Maryland Route 24 at West MacPhail Road. The males were driving a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck and Toyota RAV 4, respectively.
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A third patient was transported across the street to . Three more people involved in the accident were injured but declined medical attention, according to Chief Bill Snyder of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company.
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The two patients flown to Shock Trauma were pinned inside the vehicles. Volunteers from the Company were able to free them in about 15 minutes before they were flown out.
Route 24 was closed in both directions at the West MacPhail Road intersection during the incident. The southbound lanes were reopened at about 1 p.m. The northbound lanes were reopened shortly before 3 p.m.
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The , Maryland State Police and also responded to the crash.
