Pedestrian hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after crash in East Baltimore

Police shut down part of a busy thoroughfare in East Baltimore to investigate a collision that left at pedestrian with life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.

Officers shut down the 2100 block of East North Avenue following the collision, which happened around 4 p.m.

One of the Baltimore Police Department's Traffic Unit officers marks the spot where a pedestrian was thrown from the roadway following a collision involving multiple vehicles in the 2100 block of East North Avenue on Friday. (WBFF / Maggie Ybarra)

One of the Baltimore Police Department’s Traffic Unit officers marks the spot where a pedestrian was thrown from the roadway following a collision involving multiple vehicles in the 2100 block of East North Avenue on Friday. (WBFF / Maggie Ybarra)

Multiple vehicles were damaged. One of them was overturned by the impact of the crash.

Police said an ambulance took the pedestrian—a woman—to a local hospital.

The Baltimore Police Department’s Crash Team is investigating the incident.