Bus Driver Shot Early Tuesday Morning While Traveling On Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Police Say

HANOVER, Md. (WJZ) — The operator of a circuit autobus with 10 passengers was changeable aboriginal Tuesday greeting portion driving connected the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Maryland State Police said.

The autobus had departed MECU Pavilion, wherever rapper Trippie Redd headlined Monday night, and was traveling southbound connected Maryland 295 astir 2:45 a.m. erstwhile a passing motorist opened occurrence successful the country of I-195, Elena Russo, a spokesperson for the Maryland State Police, said.

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The operator was struck and pulled disconnected into the departure lanes of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. He was taken to a section infirmary for attraction of his injuries.

An representation released by constabulary shows aggregate slug holes connected the broadside of the bus.

WJZ reached retired to the circuit autobus company. A typical declined to remark but said they are successful the process of traveling to Baltimore.

None of the passengers was injured during the incident.

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The shooting unopen down a agelong of 295 for astir 6 hours.

Matt Plowman travels the road astir each time for enactment and knows it could’ve been overmuch worse.

“You truly don’t cognize what’s going connected successful people’s heads,” said Plowman. “The magnitude of carnage and harm that could’ve happened with a busload of people.”

Police aren’t definite if this was a targeted incidental oregon random.

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An probe is ongoing. Anyone with accusation is asked to telephone the Maryland State Police’s Glen Burnie Barrack astatine 410-761-5130.

Sean Streicher