BALTIMORE — The driver of an SUV was injured when the vehicle was hit by falling concrete from an Amtrak bridge today (Sunday, Dec. 8), WBAL-TV reports.
First responders were called about 11:28 a.m. about the incident that saw debris fall from a bridge over North Point Road. Police said the driver — the only person in the vehicle — suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Fire officials said the bridge was being assessed for structural integrity.
Amtrak initially announced that trains would incur delays of more than an hour on the segment of the Northeast Corridor between Wilmington, Del., and BWI Airport, but by 4 p.m. ET said the incident had been cleared and service had resumed, although there would be residual delays. Those delays proved to be sufficient that at least one late-night Northeast Regional train was cancelled between Baltimore and New York.
The Baltimore Banner reports the bridge in question dates to 1927, and that Amtrak said in a statement that the bridge is “structurally sound.” On Monday, two of the four traffic lanes passing under the bridge remained closed.
— Updated Dec. 9 at 7:15 a.m. CT with Sunday night train cancellation; updated at 8:20 p.m. with additional details.
