Crime & Safety
Motorcycle-Bus Crash Closes US 1
The 8300 block of Washington Boulevard was shut down for approximately 20 minutes Wednesday afternoon.
One man was taken to the shock trauma center in Baltimore after a two-vehicle collision on US 1 in Jessup Wednesday afternoon, said police.
Between approximately 2:40 p.m. and 3 p.m., all lanes of US 1 south of Gatewood Drive were closed while Howard County Police investigated a crash on the 8300 block of Washington Boulevard.
"[A] male motorcyclist collided with the back of a private bus," said Elizabeth Schroen, spokeswoman for the Howard County Police Department.
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The motorcycle driver was transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Schroen. She said that no others were transported.
By 3:15 p.m., all lanes of US 1 were reopened near Gatewood Drive and the motorcycle had been towed.
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