May 26, 2008 1:48 pm US/Eastern
Mother & Child Killed, Several Hurt In I-97 Crash
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) ―
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An accident unfolded on I-97 in Glen Burnie Friday, killing a mother and her child and injuring several others.
A fatal accident unfolded on I-97 in Glen Burnie just as the holiday rush was getting underway on Friday.
Derek Valcourt reports that crash triggered a chain reaction on the southbound lanes of the interstate, shutting down part of the highway for hours.
The mother was pregnant before the accident occurred. Doctors had to deliver her baby prematurely after the crash. The baby died a short time later, followed by the mother. Now police are trying to figure out how it all happened.
The multi-vehicle crashed killed Maria J. Lizama-Sanchez, 31, of Glen Burnie.
Sanchez was seven months pregnant when a tractor trailer slammed into the Dodge Caravan that she was riding in with her husband Friday afternoon along southbound Interstate-97.
"It's just really hard you know, hard to even imagine you can go, leave home and don't even come back," said Mary Long, Sanchez's neighbor.
Long lives in the same apartment complex where Sanchez and her husband lived.
She says the neighbors are devastated by the accident that took not one, but two lives.
"The sad part about it is, you know, she was pregnant, and she lost the baby," said Long.
Police had stopped traffic on the highway to allow for a funeral procession, when for some reason, police say a tractor trailer failed to stop and slammed into Sanchez's minivan causing a multi-vehicle chain reaction.
Six other people, including Maria Sanchez's husband, had to be hospitalized for their injuries.
State police have identified the driver of the tractor trailer as 34-year-old Lamoyan Lee of Essex. Police have not yet filed charges against him, but their investigation is ongoing.
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