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3 Vehicle Crash with Auto Fire & Fatalities in Prince George's County

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At about 9:35pm, Friday, November 04, 2011, Prince George's County Fire/EMS units were alerted to a motor vehicle accident in the area of East-bound John Hanson Highway (Route 50) and Martin Luther King Jr. Highway (Route 704) in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Firefighters and Paramedics arrived on the scene and discovered a three-vehicle accident with one of the vehicles on fire near the median. There were a total of four adult patients and two children fatalities.

The children were in the vehicle that was on fire and several motorists, including two off-duty police officers and a volunteer firefighter, tried to rescue the children prior to Fire/EMS units arriving but were unable to due to the extreme heat.

All four patients, two adult males and two adult females, were transported to area hospitals for non-life threatening injuries.

The entire east-bound and two west-bound lanes of Route 50 were shut down while authorities conducted their investigation. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

Author:Prince George's County Fire/EMS Press Release

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