Person sent to trauma hospital after their car collided with a Baltimore light rail train
by Brad Matthews · The Washington TimesA person was hospitalized in Baltimore Friday night after a Maryland Transit Administration light rail train struck the car they were in.
The train hit the Nissan sedan at the intersection of Howard Street and Lexington Street at around 8:30 p.m., according to the Baltimore Sun.
MTA officials said that a person inside the car was taken to Baltimore’s R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, according to WJZ-TV, but did not name them or specify whether they were driving the Nissan sedan or were a passenger inside.
The exact nature and severity of the person’s injuries were not specified. Transit officials have not yet disclosed the circumstances around the crash or indicated whether it was caused by the train operator or the driver of the Nissan.
As a result of the collision, service on the Baltimore light rail system was shut down between the North Avenue station and Camden Station between 9:02 p.m. and 10:46 p.m. Friday, with shuttle buses made available as an alternate form of transportation, per an MTA alert.
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