Ritchie Highway Collision Sends One to Shock Trauma

One person was taken to Shock Trauma and another suffered minor injuries when a dump truck collided with another vehicle on Ritchie Highway early Wednesday morning, fire officials said.

At approximately 2 a.m. crews responded to the intersection of Ritchie Highway and Cypress Cove Road for a two-vehicle collision with entrapment, according to Anne Arundel County Fire Department Division Chief Keith Swindle. A dump truck collided with a red Toyota pick-up truck.

Swindle said a 41-year-old female was transported to Shock Trauma with serious but non life-threatening injures. A second patient was taken to Baltimore Washington Medical Center with minor injuries.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation.