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HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Maryland State Police are investigating an overturned tanker truck crash that happened early Monday morning in Hagerstown, forcin...

June 27, 2023
2:26 AM

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Maryland State Police are investigating an overturned tanker truck crash that happened early Monday morning in Hagerstown, forcing evacuations in the area. Just before 6:15 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Hagerstown Barrack responded to a report of an overturned tanker truck southbound on Interstate 81 north of Halfway Boulevard. Police say a tire blew out of the truck, causing the vehicle to swerve off the roadway, through a guardrail and down an embankment. Steven Patrick Norfolk, the driver of the truck, was taken to Meritus Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.

Wmar Staff