Dundalk, MD : 8 people injured in crash involving SUV, Baltimore County medic on Saturday, February 27, 2016

A Baltimore County medic unit was involved in a collision with a sports utility vehicle in Dundalk on Saturday, sending eight people to area hospitals, according to Baltimore County police and fire officials.

Police said the crash involved four civilians in a Jeep and four people who were inside of the medic unit. The unit was carrying four personnel from the Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Co., which was filling in for the Wise Avenue Volunteer Fire Co., county officials said in a statement Sunday.

The medic unit was en route to a nearby crash scene, but was not carrying a patient when the crash occurred around 8 p.m. at Wise Avenue and Lynch Road, the statement said.

One of the EMS providers "had to be cut from the vehicle" by crews on the scene, according to county officials. She was transported to shock trauma with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

Four civilians, including two children, were taken to area hospitals, also with non-life-threatening injuries, the statement said.

The three other EMS providers — two women and a man — were treated and released from Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, according to county officials.

Baltimore County police are investigating the crash.

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8 injured in Dundalk crash involving SUV, Baltimore County medic