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Driver injured when concrete falls from Baltimore railroad bridge

Amtrak officials completed a safety analysis of the bridge after concrete fell, causing minor injuries to the driver

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An Amtrak Acela train passes over a bridge on North Point Road near Quad Avenue where earlier loose concrete had fell on a car injuring the driver.

Kenneth K. Lam/Staff

By Matt Hubbard
Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE 鈥� One person was injured when concrete came loose from a railroad bridge in East Baltimore and struck a car below on Sunday, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.

The concrete fell onto the westbound side of Northpoint Road around 11:30 a.m., hitting the car鈥檚 door and breaking the windshield. The driver suffered minor injuries and was hospitalized, fire officials said. She walked out of the car on her own and was the only person in the vehicle.

Fire department spokesperson John Marsh initially referred to the accident as a 鈥減artial collapse鈥� but later emphasized that the concrete was only debris. Twelve fire units responded.

The roadway was temporarily closed Sunday with traffic being rerouted at Quad Avenue and Northpoint Road . Sunday afternoon, there was still debris in the road under the bridge.

In a post on the around 2:15 p.m., Amtrak said train service between Wilmington and BWI Marshall Airport incurred a delay of over an hour due to the incident.

Amtrak said around 3 p.m. Sunday that its crews had completed a safety analysis of the bridge and that train traffic was set to commence pending approval of the City鈥檚 Department of Transportation. The department did not respond to a request for comment.

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