In Anne Arundel

Overturned tanker closes part of Ordnance Road

GLEN BURNIE - An overturned tanker truck carrying sodium nitrate forced the closure of Ordnance Road between Ritchie Highway and Route 10 yesterday afternoon, but did not leak any of its cargo, according to fire officials.

A truck from Superior Carrier Co. was transporting the liquid fertilizer from Chicago to FMC, a company in Baltimore that sells agricultural products, said Lt. Frank Fennell, a Fire Department spokesman.

No other cars were involved and no one was injured, Fennell said. Traffic was rerouted in the area for about six hours while the chemical was unloaded.

In Washington County

Two hurt, one critically, in Interstate 81 accident

HALFWAY - Two people were injured, one critically, when a tractor-trailer forced a Chevrolet Blazer off the road near Hagerstown yesterday afternoon, state police said.

William R. Milich, 40, of Wanaque, N.J., was driving the Blazer south on Interstate 81 at Halfway Boulevard just after noon when a flatbed tractor-trailer merged into his lane. Milich swerved to avoid a collision and rolled over three times.

Milich was taken to Washington County Hospital's trauma center, where he was in critical condition. A passenger, Susan M. Nevoso, 48, of Wanaque, was treated for a broken leg.