First Snow in Charleston, WV Causes Slick Roads and Crashes

Charleston, WV — With the rain at the beginning of this week coupled with the first snow in the Kanawha Valley, the temperatures got low enough to cause black ice on our roadways.  Unfortunately, the black ice and slick roads caused multiple wrecks on West Virginia roads on the morning of November 17, 2022.   Metro 911 reported most of the auto accidents occurred on Interstate 77 North and Interstate 79, both North and South.  Interstate 79 Northbound in Elkview also shut down.    

The icy conditions also caused school delays in West Virginia’s Fayette, Nicholas, and Greenbrier Counties. 

Accidents were reported in the following locations:

• Auto accident at 5000 block of Elk River Road North in Elkview
• Auto crash at I-77N at Mile Marker 120
• Auto accident at I-77N at Mile Marker 121
• Auto crash at I-77S at Mile Marker 113
• Auto accident at I-77S at Mile Marker 119
• Auto crash at I-77S at Mile Marker 132
• Auto accident at I-79N at Mile Marker 7.0 
• Auto crash at I-79N at Mile Marker 7.5
• Auto accident with injuries at I-79S at Mile Marker 8 
• Auto crash at I-79S at Mile Marker 9.0 
• Auto accident at I-79S at Mile Marker 10.0

• Auto crash at I-64W at Mile Marker 43
• Auto accident at I-64W at Mile Marker 44

• Single auto crash at Call Road and Tuppers Creek Entrance Ramp SB.
• Auto crash with injuries at Kanawha Boulevard East at Campbells Creek Drive, in Malden
• Auto accident at US-35N at Mile Marker 15.2

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