GLASGOW, W.Va. –One person is dead following a crash Wednesday evening on Route 60 in Glasgow.
The crash was reported a little before 6:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of East Dupont Avenue, near the London Recycling plant.
According to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, a pickup truck and a sedan collided. The driver of the sedan was killed. Officials said a child was also in the sedan and suffered a bloody nose.
Rt 60 in that area is currently closed.
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Few details have been released.
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