7:05am UPDATE: All lanes are now reopened on the inner loop.
6:38am UPDATE: The right lane and shoulder are now open, and fire equipment has left the scene. Highway crews continue to clean up spilled fuel from the roadway.
6:30am UPDATE: The box truck has been uprighted, and the tractor-trailer has been removed from the scene. All travel lanes on the inner loop remain closed, but the right shoulder is getting by. Traffic is backed up for several miles on the inner loop.
SILVER SPRING — (WMAL) The Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway was closed Thursday morning between Connecticut and Georgia Avenues following a crash involving a box truck carrying flowers and a tractor trailer. The crash occured at about 5:30am, just as the morning rush hour was getting underway.
The box truck flipped over and spilled fuel from its saddle tanks, while the tractor trailer jacknifed across all four lanes of traffic. Police were allowing cars to only intermittently use the right shoulder to get by.
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