SPARKS, MD—Maryland State Police are investigating a double fatal multiple-vehicle crash that occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Baltimore County.

The driver of a pickup truck and the driver of a mobile crane, whose identities are being withheld pending next-of-kin notifications, were pronounced dead at the scene. Four other people were transported by ambulance to local hospitals.

At just after 2 p.m. on October 23, troopers responded to the area of northbound Interstate 83 in the area of York Road for a report of a multiple-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, a pickup truck hauling a trailer was traveling southbound on I-83 when for unknown reasons, it lost control, crossed over into the northbound lanes, and struck a mobile crane, subsequently causing both vehicles to become engulfed in flames. The initial crash caused three additional vehicles to crash.

All lanes on northbound I-83 remain closed for the crash investigation. Troopers from the Maryland State Police, officers from the Baltimore County Police Department, and personnel from the Baltimore County Fire Department and the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration responded to the scene to assist.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation at this hour.

Photo via the Baltimore County Fire Department