ELKVIEW, W.Va. — An out of state motorist is dead after an early morning accident on I-79 in Kanawha County.
The crash happened around 5:20 a.m. Monday on I-79 at the 7-mile marker near the Big Chimney exit. The wreck shutdown the fast lanes in both directions of the interstate for several hours including the morning rush hour.
Deputies arrived to find it was a single vehicle accident. A pickup truck had overturned in the median and the driver had been ejected. He was dead at the scene.