MARYLAND INMATE ON WORK CREW KILLED ON I-495 IN PR. GEORGE'S COUNTY
Maryland Other
In the second such incident in Prince George's County in two months, a Maryland state prison inmate was fatally injured yesterday morning when he was hit by a dump truck while picking up trash as part of a work detail on the Capital Beltway. Members of the six-man inmate crew said in interviews on the scene that Rodney Jennings, 29, and at least two other inmates were making their way to the right shoulder of the southbound Beltway in the Landover area after picking up litter on the opposite side of the road.
As the men attempted to cross the ramp for Exit 17, about 10 a.m., a dump truck and a tractor-trailer approached, crew member Christian Taylor said. "Both the trucks was trying to exit at the same time," Taylor said. "The dump truck got off on the ramp, and the other truck kept going, but then the dump truck just hit him as he was trying to get to the other side."