BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland officials have identified two of three people who died in a nearly 70-vehicle pileup on Interstate 95 that left roughly two dozen others injured.
Maryland Transportation Authority officials said at a news conference Monday that 38-year-old Alfredo Santos Orellana and 54-year-old Mehmed Hodzic died in Saturday’s wreck. Officials said Orellana’s exact cause of death is being investigated and that Hodzic died after leaving his vehicle and falling over a barrier while trying to avoid oncoming traffic.
At the time of the pileup, a tanker truck carrying gasoline slid off the highway and exploded. Authorities have not yet identified the driver of the truck, who also died, and say that crash is being investigated separately.
Officials are investigating the cause of the wreck, though it occurred during particularly icy conditions.
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