Two-car crash in Montgomery County declared ‘mass casualty incident’

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD (DC News Now) — A crash that happened Saturday afternoon in Montgomery County was declared a “mass casualty incident,” according to officials with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS).

Just before 2 pm, in a post made on XPete Piringer, a spokesman for MCFRS, said crews were on Route 355 at Frederick Road and Shakespeare Boulevard in Germantown. There, a collision happened between two cars.

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Six people were injured, Piringer said.

Since at least six people were injured, it was declared a mass casualty incident. None of the people’s injuries were considered to be life-threatening, although a few were seriously hurt.

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