Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on Route 80 in Verner, West Virginia.
What Happened: A box truck and a dump truck allegedly collided head-on when one of them crossed over the center line.
Participants:
- Driver of box truck
- Driver of dump truck
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- One person, vehicle unknown, injured
Details:
On or about Monday, January 11th, 2021, an accident between a box truck and a dump truck sent one person to the hospital in a helicopter. Troopers from the State Police said the accident happened along Route 80 in Verner, West Virginia.
Authorities from the area said one as-of-yet unidentified individual was rushed to the hospital after a box truck and a dump truck hauling rocks collided allegedly collided head-on. Paramedics airlifted one individual to a nearby hospital with injuries of an unknown nature or severity.
Looking at Route 80 on Google Maps shows a major thoroughfare that cuts through a rural, residential area. Verner is located roughly 76 miles south of Charleston.
Police are still investigating the accident.