OWINGS MILLS, MD—Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal four-vehicle crash that occurred this week in Baltimore County.

At just after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22, troopers responded to northbound I-795 prior to Westminster Pike for a report of a four-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, a 2011 Ford F150 pickup truck was traveling south on I-795 when it crashed into the rear of a 2005 Ford F350 pickup truck.

Both trucks rotated into the grass median where each struck the metal cable barrier and traveled into the northbound lanes of I-795. The Ford F350 truck crashed head on into 2017 Toyota Rav4. A fourth vehicle, a 2016 Toyota Corolla, crashed into debris from the other crash.

The driver of the Rav4, identified as Kaitlin Elizabeth Stranick, 30, Hanover, Pennsylvania, was pronounced dead at the scene by Baltimore County Fire Department emergency medical services personnel. The driver of the Ford F350, a 23-year-old male, was transported to an area hospital for treatment of his injuries. The drivers of the other two vehicles were uninjured.

All northbound lanes of I-795 were shut down for approximately four hours as a result of the crash.

Once its investigation is complete, Maryland State Police will submit its findings to the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office, which will decide whether charges should be filed in this case.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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