9 Prisoners Injured After Van Involved In I-95 Crash
ROSEDALE, Md. (WJZ) -- A van transporting nine prisoners was involved in a crash that shut down two lanes of I-95 south Monday morning.
The crash happened around 8 a.m. near I-695 in Rosedale, exit 64. Two left lanes were blocked as police cleared the crash.
Police learned Mears rear-ended a Nissan Altima on southbound I-95 at the 63.9 mile marker.
The driver of the Nissan Altima was taken by an ambulance to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore.
According to Maryland State Police, seven of the prisoners were taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview for treatment. The other two were taken to MedStar Franklin Square.
The two correctional officers inside the vehicle were not injured and are at both hospitals to guard the prisoners.
The driver of the van is 44-year-old Shawn Mears, of Tennessee. Mears, a correctional officer, was operating a private prisoner transport van from Tennessee.
He is being charged with failure to control the vehicle.