Editor's Note -- Both EMTs remained hospitalized Monday morning.
ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA 9) -- Two volunteer Montgomery County emergency medical services personnel who were injured while helping at a crash scene on the Beltway are still in the hospital.
Glen Echo Fire Department EMT Thomas E. Schryver, 26, and EMT Sydney E. Marshall, 19, were both transported to Suburban Hospital after they were struck by a car while assisting at a crash scene on I-495 early Sunday morning. Montgomery County fire officials say they are resting and in good spirits on Monday morning. They also say that their conditions are improving and the prognoses for both are good.
At approximately 12:15 a.m., police said officers responded to the Inner Loop of I-495 at River Road for a report of a crash. The two EMS personnel had responded to a previous crash and were assisting patients inside a 2014 Toyota on the right shoulder of the inner loop. Police say Curcho lost control of his 2005 Ford F-150, skidded across two lanes, hitting the rear of the Toyota and striking both EMT personnel.
A county ambulance was also on the shoulder of the Inner Loop with emergency lights activated, police said. Before coming to a rest, the pickup truck also struck the ambulance. Police say it is ongoing investigation.
It is not known if the patients in the Toyota sustained additional injuries in the second crash. Police say they were transported to MedStar Hospital for treatment.
When the crash occurred, the roadway was covered in snow, police said.
The driver of the striking vehicle was identified as Maximillano A. Curcho, 34, of Clarksburg, Md. Police say he was also transported to Suburban Hospital.
