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Trash truck driver dies after rear-ending parked tractor-trailer on I-95 in Howard County

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ELKRIDGE, Md. — One person is dead following a Monday morning crash along I-95 in Howard County.

Maryland State Police say a trash truck rear-ended a parked tractor-trailer near MD-100.

Trash truck driver dies after rear-ending parked tractor-trailer on I-95 in Howard County

Deadly trash truck crash closes I-95 south in Howard County Monday morning

The trash truck driver, 47-year-old Lazaro Miranda, died on scene, while two passengers were helicoptered to Shock Trauma.

One of two occupants inside the tractor-trailer was taken by ambulance to the hospital.

Police are investigating the primary cause of the crash.

Two of four southbound I-95 lanes along that stretch remain shut down.