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Two drivers charged in I-695 crash that killed 6 construction workers

In this photo from March 22, 2023, a car sits overturned in a construction zone on the Interstate 695 inner loop after a crash that killed six construction workers. (Courtesy of WJZ-TV.)
Courtesy of WJZ-TV
In this photo from March 22, 2023, a car sits overturned in a construction zone on the Interstate 695 inner loop after a crash that killed six construction workers.

The two drivers involved in a crash that killed six construction workers on Interstate 695 have been indicted on manslaughter charges and traffic violations.

Law enforcement is looking for Lisa Adrienne Lea, 54, of Randallstown, Baltimore County State Attorney’s Scott Shellenberger said. She faces 28 counts, including one that alleges she was driving impaired by drugs, though the indictment does not specify what substance.

Melachi Brown, 20, of Windsor Mill, faces 27 counts and was taken into custody on Monday. He’s scheduled to make his initial appearance at 1 p.m. on Tuesday in the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County, according to online court records.

On March 22 at about 12:30 p.m., Lea was driving a 2017 Acura TLX on the I-695 inner loop near Interstate 70 in Baltimore County when she changed lanes and struck a 2017 Volkwagen Jetta. Both cars were “reportedly traveling at speeds in excess of the posted speed limit and greater than the speed of the adjacent traffic,” according to the Maryland State Police and a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

Brown was driving the 2017 Volkswagen Jetta, police reported.

The speed limit is 55 mph.

Lea then spun out of control, passed through an opening in concrete barrier that separated a work zone from the highway and fatally struck six construction workers, according to the report.

The story continues at the Baltimore Banner: Two drivers charged in I-695 crash that killed 6 construction workers

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