Woman killed, child injured in car crash with Baltimore Light Rail on Howard Street

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Woman killed, child injured in car crash with Baltimore Light Rail on Howard Street
A woman was killed and a child and man were injured when the driver of the sedan they were inside crashed with the Baltimore Light Rail Thursday morning, officials said. (Colin Campbell / Baltimore Sun)

Woman killed, 7-year-old injured in car crash with Baltimore Light Rail on Howard Street

By COLIN CAMPBELL
BALTIMORE SUN | AUG 20, 2020 AT 5:50 PM

A woman was killed, and a 7-year-old child and a man were hurt when their car crashed into the Baltimore Light Rail on Howard Street downtown Thursday morning, officials said.

The child’s injuries were described as not life threatening and the 30-year-old man’s as minor, a Baltimore Fire Department spokeswoman said. The names of the three people in the car were not released.

The accident, which occurred around 7:30 a.m. at Mulberry and Howard streets, remains under investigation, officials said.

The sedan was headed eastbound on Mulberry Street when it crossed onto the Howard Street tracks and was struck, first by a southbound train, and then by an oncoming northbound train, police and fire department officials said.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, they said. The injured child and man from the car as well as the operator of the southbound Light Rail train were taken to hospitals, officials said. All three are expected to survive.

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