3-5 vehicle wreck shuts down I-79 South in Mon County

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Officials with the Monongalia County 911 Center have told 12 News that the fire departments have cleared the scene of a multi-vehicle wreck on I-79 South and that traffic is slowly reopening.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Interstate 79 South traffic is at a standstill in Monongalia County following a multi-vehicle wreck Monday afternoon.

According to the Monongalia County 911 Center, crews were alerted to a three-to-five-vehicle accident on I-79 South in the area of the 144-mile marker Monday afternoon. 911 officials said that they could not provide any information on injuries or transports, but said that the road would be closed for an “unknown ETA.”

Video seen below, captured by a passing 12 News employee, shows multiple vehicles stopped and some with front-end damage, including a white pickup truck that appears to have slammed into a nearby barrier.

The Clinton District and Triune-Halleck fire departments are on the scene, as well as Monongalia EMS, Marion County EMS and the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the incident.