Overview
- Police found a highway worker hit inside an active work zone on northbound I-97 near Route 32 after responding to a pedestrian-involved crash at 12:45 a.m.
- The 31-year-old worker was taken by ground to a local trauma center for treatment and no other injuries were reported.
- Authorities identified a Toyota Camry driven by 47-year-old Javed Iqbal of Baltimore and a Mercedes Model S driven by 62-year-old Darrell Lamont Gough of Elkridge as the two vehicles involved.
- Investigators say the Camry slowed for a lane closure, the Mercedes rear-ended it, and then the Mercedes entered the work zone and struck the worker and a portable light tower; officers say impairment may have been a factor.
- The Maryland State Police Crash Team has taken over the probe to reconstruct the sequence, review possible impairment evidence, and determine whether charges will follow.