One Person Killed In Vehicle Crash On I-70 In Frederick County

A second occupant was taken to the hospital.Crash scene photo from Frederick County Fire & Rescue Services.Myersville, Md (KM) One person was killed in a single vehicle crash on Interstate 70 in the Myersville area Wednesday afternoon.The Maryland State Police in Frederick report a commercial work truck was   traveling eastbound west of the Route 17 exit when, for unknown reasons, it  went off the roadway, into a  guardrail and traveled  down an embankment. One person was heavily pinned in the vehicleFire and rescue personnel extricated two individuals. . One person, the driver, was  pronounced dead at the scene. That individual’s identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, State Police say.  The other occupant, a 30-year-old man,  was taken to Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown for treatment of his injuries.I-70 in that area was closed in both directions.The Maryland State Police helicopter was called to the scene, but was returned to service.The cause of the crash remains under investigation.By Kevin McManus