Authorities have closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 in Ellicott City due to multiple crashes involving a tractor-trailer, an ambulance and a truck. State police said the crash involves three vehicles.
Investigators say it happened when an ambulance carrying a pregnant woman eastbound on I-70 crossed over into the westbound lane and smashed head-on into a tractor trailer. The two vehicles were then struck by a flatbed truck carrying cardboard boxes.
The driver of the ambulance was killed. Three other persons in the emergency vehicle -- including the pregnant woman -- were taken to various hospitals.
Police have not released the identities of the persons injured.
There's still no word on why the ambulance crossed the median strip.
The crash scene has closed both directions of the interstate around 1:30 p.m. at the Old St. John's Lane overpass. The eastbound lanes of the interstate are closed so that the Medevac helicopters could land and transport patients to hospitals.
All three of I-70's westbound lanes at U.S. Route 29 (Columbia Pike) -- where the collisions occurred -- are closed. The exit ramps from the northbound lanes of U.S. Route 29 to I-70 have also been closed.
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