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Here's Why A Helicopter Landed In HdG Friday Morning

Breaking: A truck driver was flown by helicopter to the hospital after a crash Friday morning in Havre de Grace, officials said.

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After a truck crashed on Ohio Street in Havre de Grace, officials said a Maryland State Police medevac was called to take a truck driver from Havre de Grace to Baltimore Friday, March 25.
After a truck crashed on Ohio Street in Havre de Grace, officials said a Maryland State Police medevac was called to take a truck driver from Havre de Grace to Baltimore Friday, March 25. (Susquehanna Hose Company)

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — One person involved in a crash in Havre de Grace Friday morning was taken by medevac helicopter for treatment, officials said.

The crash occurred at 9:35 a.m. on Ohio Street near Superior Street, Susquehanna Hose Company Chief Scott Hurst told Havre de Grace Patch.

Ohio Street is closed, the Susquehanna Hose Company reported before 10:30 a.m.

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Crews rescued the driver of the truck, who was flown by Maryland State Police medevac to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, according to fire officials.

The driver suffered life-threatening injuries, Chief Hurst said.

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Courtesy of the Susquehanna Hose Company.
Courtesy of the Susquehanna Hose Company.

The Maryland Department of the Environment and Harford County hazmat crews were at the scene to pump off diesel fuel, Hurst told Patch at 11 a.m.

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