Two injured after head-on crash on Coastal Highway in Ocean City

(Photo: WBOC)

OCEAN CITY, Md. - Coastal Highway was shut down for hours after a vehicle traveling the wrong way crashed into another, leaving two injured.

Ocean City Police Department says the crash happened on Thursday, April 30, around 8:40 a.m. Police say a SUV was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Coastal Highway when it hit a pickup truck head-on in the area of 127th Street.

Police say prior to that crash, the SUV was involved in a minor collision near 94th Street and left the scene.

Authorities say both drivers in the Coastal Highway crash were flown to hospitals, including Christiana Hospital and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.

Southbound Coastal Highway at 127th to 125th Street was closed for approximately 2 hours after that crash.

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