A garbage truck struck a tractor-trailer, killing the driver and sending three others to the hospital during a response that included extended extrication and the use of whole blood

HOWARD COUNTY, Md. — One person died and three others were hospitalized after a crash on southbound I-95 in Howard County on Jan. 12.

Maryland State Police say a garbage truck hit the back of a tractor-trailer that was parked on the right shoulder near Route 100 around 5:30 a.m.

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The trash truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Two passengers were flown by helicopter to a shock trauma center for treatment, WUSA9 reported. Their current conditions were not immediately available.

In a post on the Maryland State Police Aviation Command Facebook page, officials said Troopers 1, 2 and 3 and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center GO-TEAM responded to the crash that required an extended extrication. The post said two patients were flown from the scene, and expert providers and more than a dozen units of blood were brought in to support the Howard County Department of Fire Rescue Services and other assisting agencies.

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