OCEAN CITY, Md. — A bystander jumped over a highway guard rail and into a Maryland bay Sunday to rescue a child who had been thrown from a car and into the water during a crash, according to authorities.
The child was ejected from a car on the Route 90 bridge in Ocean City and landed in the Assawoman Bay, the Ocean City Fire Department said in a statement. At least eight people were injured in total, the agency said.
MULTI-CAR CRASH IN OCEAN CITY: On Rt 90 bridge, multiple cars involved, and a small child was ejected from a vehicle off the bridge into the water- a Good Samaritan jumps off bridge to save child. Details developing pic.twitter.com/6P85JO3hq0
— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) May 2, 2021
Authorities were called to the scene just before 3 p.m. and discovered one car hanging off the side of the bridge, according to officials. Three other cars were involved in the crash, authorities said.
Firefighters secured the vehicle and paramedics treated multiple patients. Seven people were taken to hospitals in ambulances, and the child was flown to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, according to the fire department.
The conditions of the victims were not immediately known.
None of the victims were immediately identified and authorities did not say what they believe caused the crash.
