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Credit: Providence Volunteer Fire Company/Twitter
TOWSON - According to officials, a person was injured in a significant crash on I-695 in Towson Friday morning.
According to the Baltimore County Fire Department, rescue workers responded around 5:40 a.m. to reports of a severe crash on the I-695 inner loop between exits 28 and 29.
Upon arriving at the scene, rescuers found one person trapped inside a vehicle. According to the Providence Volunteer Fire Company of Towson, crews used the jaws of life to extricate them, and they were transported to an area hospital.
The crash closed all lanes of the I-695 inner loop this morning. They have since reopened.
Photos taken by the fire company appear to show that the car somehow left the roadway and struck a tree.
Officials have yet to release additional information, and the cause of the accident remains under investigation.
