Four people, including two children, were killed Tuesday morning when their car crossed over the center double-yellow line and crashed into a box truck on U.S. Route I in Jessup, Howard police said.
The fifth passenger in the car, a toddler, was flown to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in critical condition, said Howard Police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn.
Police did not release the names of the people killed in the 2000 Nissan Altima, but said one of the victims was an infant and the other appeared to be a teenager.
A driver and passenger in the box truck suffered minor injuries and were taken by ambulance to Howard County General Hospital, Llewellyn said.
Police said the crash occurred about 7:35 a.m. on U.S. Route 1 near Patuxent Range Road when the Altima, apparently driven by an adult male, crossed into oncoming traffic in the northbound lane and struck the box truck.
Police blocked off U.S. 1 from Patuxent Range Road to Route 175 for several hours as the wreckage was cleared.
Neighbors lined the street Tuesday watching as a tow truck carried away the crushed Altima.
Residents of a nearby community said crashes are common on the busy road with a posted speed limit of 50 mph and that a traffic signal would make it safer.
