By: WSAZ News Staff | Posted: Dec. 20, 2017 at 7:30 am | Source: WSAZ
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) — The slow lane of I-79 southbound in between Elkview and Clendenin in Kanawha County is shut down.
A tractor trailer crashed at mile marker 16 at 6:35 Wednesday morning.
The truck was hauling scrapped vehicles. Those vehicles are littered along side of I-79.
Crews will have to pick those up and upright the tractor trailer before the slow southbound lane will reopen.
No word on when that I-79 lane will reopen.
The driver wasn’t injured. He told deputies he was going around a curve when the back end starting to wobble.
Metro 911 reports the slow lane will be closed for several hours while crews clean up from the crash.
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