BURTONSVILLE, MD : Child hurt in fiery crash with power pole, Montgomery County on Tuesday, 16th March 2021

A child and one other person were taken to the hospital after a fiery crash early Tuesday morning, firefighters said.

The crash happened at Old Columbia Pike near Loma Linda Court in Burtonsville, around 1 a.m., according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Public Information Officer Pete Piringer.

Piringer said in a tweet Tuesday that an initial investigation revealed that the vehicle collided with a utility pole. Wires came down on top of the car, sparking the fire.

Two people in the car were taken to the hospital. Piringer said in a tweet that one of the people in the car was a child, but did not say how old the child was. They were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but those injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.



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