Shortly after 11:30 this morning, units from West Friendship and Ellicott City were alerted for a vehicle accident on I-70 at Marriottsville Road. As units were responding Howard County Communications advised that there was possibly a tractor trailer and several other vehicles involved and that the incident was approximately one mile east of Marriottsville Road. Paramedic 86 arrived at I-70 Eastbound at Bethany Lane to find a tractor trailer, carrying tires, on its side and one other car involved with no entrapment.
The driver of the tractor trailer was evaluated and transported priority 2 to Shock Trauma in Baltimore by Paramedic 86 while the driver of the passenger car was evaluated and transported priority 2 by Paramedic 35 to Howard County General Hospital.
Units remained on scene with the State Highway Administration and the Maryland Department of the Environment's Emergency Response Division while they removed approximately 100 gallons of diesel fuel from the truck's fuel tanks. I-70 Eastbound remained closed for about 3 hours.
