One Dead, Four Injured in I-95 Crash: State Police

A Hyattsville man died when he was hit while standing on the shoulder of Interstate 95 by a Laurel driver, and four people were hospitalized after the crash Tuesday evening in Baltimore County, officials said.

Ever Mauricio Osorio Fajardo, 29, of Hyattsville, was standing behind a disabled pickup truck when he was hit; he was pronounced dead at the scene, Maryland State Police reported. Three people inside the truck were hospitalized,.

Others injured in the crash include Edin Noe Ceron Cantoral, 29, German Oswaldo Ceron Cantoral, 23, and Elmer Augusto Miguel Galvez, 36, all from Hyattsville. Edin Cantoral -- the driver of the pickup -- is being treated at University of Maryland Shock Trauma. German Cantoral and Elmer Galvez are being treated at St. Agnes Hospital.

Fajardo had been a passenger in Cantoral’s pickup truck, which had broken down north of the exit for I-195, according to the police report.

Investigators say that just before 6 p.m., Fajardo was hit by a 2002 Chrysler Sebring driven by Kevin Beard, 53, of Laurel. Beard was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center for treatment, the report said.

Police said it was unclear what caused Beard to travel across southbound I-95 onto the shoulder, where he hit a concrete wall and continued on for nearly 200 feet before crashing into the parked pickup truck and Fajardo.

The Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office was briefed on the incident, and the investigation into the collision was continuing, police said Wednesday.