MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Investigators from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department have confirmed a St. Albans man was killed in Sunday single vehicle crash on I-79 southbound Sunday.
Around 1:30 p.m. investigators said Charles Delaney, 68, lost control of his pickup truck at mile marker 143 and swerved across both southbound lane’s multiple times, before colliding with the rock face on the westside of the roadway. Delaney died at the scene.
The Granville Police Department Accident Reconstruction Team, Mon EMS, volunteer fire departments from Triune-Halleck, Clinton District and Marion County EMS responded.