OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - A tractor-trailer driver has died and four others were injured in a crash on the Capital Beltway’s Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
Maryland State Police say the crash late Wednesday morning on the Beltway’s Outer Loop caused a fire and forced closure of the entire bridge for a period of time and limited lane closure for a longer stretch.
Police say the empty tractor-trailer hit one of two trucks stopped on a shoulder while a bridge-maintenance crew was conducting an inspection. The tractor-trailer and one of the stopped trucks caught fire.
The tractor-trailer driver was found dead in his truck’s cab. An autopsy is being conducted.
Three crew members working on an aerial platform were lowered to a boat on the Potomac River and taken to the hospital along with a co-worker.
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