Truck jackknifed after wreck with car, partial I-68 lane closures

A big rig and sedan collided on Interstate 68 closing one lane of traffic in each direction.
A big rig and sedan collided on Interstate 68 closing one lane of traffic in each direction.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Two lanes of Interstate 68 had to be closed following a collision between the Cheat Lake and Pierpont exits.

At approximately noon Thursday a tractor-trailer and sedan crashed at the 10 mile marker.

The truck jackknifed in the westbound lanes and into the medium blocking the fast lane headed west.

The car was reportedly blocking the fast lane headed east on Interstate 68.

Traffic was expected to be stalled for a time. The Monongalia County Homeland Security Emergency Management Agency advised two lanes were closed in social media posts just after 12:25 p.m.