WASHINGTON — A woman and a child were hospitalized after a car fire on Interstate 295 Monday night.
According to a tweet from DC Fire and EMS, the car caught fire on I-295 northbound just before exit 5C.
A woman and a child were able to make it out of the car before first responders arrived. Both were taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.
Crews have since extinguished the fire.
The District Department of Transportation says the northbound lanes of I-295 between Suitland Parkway and Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE were closed Monday night, but have since reopened to traffic.
DC Police Traffic tweeted a warning to drivers on I-295 around 9:30 p.m. urging drivers to be careful along northbound between Suitland Pkwy and MLK Ave, SE around 5C due to "unknown objects and pothole in the roadway."
A watch commander with MPD's 7th district said the multi-vehicle crash was caused by a road defect. D.C Department of Transportation crews were out fixing the defect Tuesday morning, police say. DDOT will had an emergency hazard vehicle in place to direct traffic away from the defect.
The watch commander tells WUSA9 that the women and child suffered minor burns but are in stable condition at the hospital as of Tuesday.
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