Courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue/Pete Piringer
Courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue/Pete Piringer
Courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue/Pete Piringer
Courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue/Pete Piringer
A garbage truck crashed and caught fire on Clarksburg Road between between Md. 80/Fingerboard Road and Moxley Road in Montgomery County near Damascus, Maryland, on Wednesday morning.
Montgomery County Fire & Rescue was initially dispatched around 7:30 a.m., according to a tweet from spokesperson Pete Piringer.
The crash involved the trash truck and another vehicle. One person sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.
The road had been closed between Md. 80/Fingerboard Road and Moxley Road as a hazardous materials team cleaned up the fuel spilled.
It reopened just before noon.
A map of the area where the truck crashed is below.
