3 killed when Maryland senior-living facility bus crashes head-on into dump truck: police

NANJEMOY, Md. - Three occupants of a senior-living facility transportation bus were killed when their vehicle crashed head-on into a dump truck in southern Maryland, authorities say.

The crash was reported shortly before 8 a.m. Friday on Port Tobacco Road near Bowie Road a few miles outside the town of Nanjemoy in southwestern Charles County.

All three occupants of the bus, including the driver, were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the dump truck was uninjured. Maryland State Police Lt. Everett West said the driver of the bus was a man just over 80 years old. The two passengers were both women in their 60s, he said. West called the crash a "tragedy" and said the exact cause of the collision is not yet known.

Preliminary investigations suggest the bus lost control while traveling westbound, leading to a head-on collision with the eastbound dump truck. West added that there were no signs of driver impairment by either driver, and neither appeared to be speeding nor driving erratically in any way.

Port Tobacco Road remains closed as the Maryland State Police crash team conducts its investigation. 

The identities of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The investigation is ongoing.

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3 killed in southern Maryland crash