KANAWHA COUNTY, WV : I-79 South reopens following crash on Friday, 21st October 2022
Kanawha Falls, West Virginia
Interstate 79 South closed Friday afternoon in the Elkview area after an accident with injuries, Metro 911 dispatchers say.
The crash was reported just before 3:30 p.m. near the 13-mile marker, and the roadway didn’t reopen until around 10 p.m.
Two vehicles were involved, according to Kanawha County Sheriff’s deputies at the scene. They say one northbound vehicle crossed the median and collided with a second vehicle in the southbound lanes. Deputies said it was nearly a head-on crash.
Two people were ejected, and one person was trapped inside a vehicle, deputies say. Dispatchers said one vehicle went over a guardrail.
“Two out of the three parties, serious injuries, one would have been a moderate injury,” Lt. J. H. Thaxton with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said.
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