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Vehicle crashes, strikes natural gas valve in Forest Hill parking lot

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A vehicle crashed, hitting a natural gas valve Friday morning in Harford County.Emergency officials were called around 10:36 a.m. for a crash in a parking lot of a business in the 500 block of East Jarrettsville Road, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office and the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association.The sheriff’s office said the vehicle struck a natural gas valve in the ground.The road was temporarily shut down until Baltimore Gas and Electric turned off the gas and secured the valve.The driver was taken to a hospital with non-critical injuries, the sheriff’s office said.An investigation continues.

FOREST HILL, Md. —

A vehicle crashed, hitting a natural gas valve Friday morning in Harford County.

Emergency officials were called around 10:36 a.m. for a crash in a parking lot of a business in the 500 block of East Jarrettsville Road, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office and the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association.

The sheriff’s office said the vehicle struck a natural gas valve in the ground.

The road was temporarily shut down until Baltimore Gas and Electric turned off the gas and secured the valve.

The driver was taken to a hospital with non-critical injuries, the sheriff’s office said.

An investigation continues.