3 dead, in a multi-car crash on Route 50 in Annapolis

Preliminary investigation by the Maryland State Police Crash Team indicates that one car, a Toyota was in lane four, the merge lane from southbound I-97 to eastbound Rt. 50. The Toyota was stopped in a line of heavy traffic that was caused by a prior accident up ahead at exit 23.

Glen Burnie State Police Barracks confirmed that both Susannah Badders and Jason Simpkins died at the hospital Sunday.