Car smashes into tow truck in I-79 accident
An accident at mile marker 145 traps the driver of a Saturn for hours. The tow-truck driver was also hit when a loading car.
Mon EMS crew members cut the top off of the Saturn to get to the trapped driver.
Crew members use the Jaws of Life to cut the woman from the car.
The driver of a Saturn, who was trapped, is removed from the vehicle.
The tow-truck driver is injured when a car hit his flatbed.
Mon County Sheriff's Deputy CL Thomas arrives at the scene of the early morning accident on I-79 at the 145 mile marker.
The driver of this Saturn is shown as crews begin to cut her out with the Jaws of Life.
The driver, who is not seriously injured, is extracted from her car.
An accident at mile marker 145 traps the driver of a Saturn for hours. The tow-truck driver was also hit when a loading car.
Mon EMS crew members cut the top off of the Saturn to get to the trapped driver.
Crew members use the Jaws of Life to cut the woman from the car.
The driver of a Saturn, who was trapped, is removed from the vehicle.
The tow-truck driver is injured when a car hit his flatbed.
Mon County Sheriff's Deputy CL Thomas arrives at the scene of the early morning accident on I-79 at the 145 mile marker.
The driver of this Saturn is shown as crews begin to cut her out with the Jaws of Life.
The driver, who is not seriously injured, is extracted from her car.
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MORGANTOWN -- Interstate 79 northbound was closed for about an hour Tuesday morning causing traffic to back up for 10 miles after a woman lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a tow truck loading another vehicle.
The accident happened about 10 a.m., Chief Deputy Al Kisner of the Monongalia County Sheriff's Department said.
Alan Ward, a tow truck driver for Ervin's Auto Repair & Towing, was loading a vehicle onto his flatbed wrecker on the left hand side of the road when Shereese Smith, 29, lost control of her silver Saturn and crashed into the rear of Wald's truck near the 145 mile marker, Kisner said.
Smith was stuck in her vehicle and had to be cut out by emergency workers, he said. She was taken to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Kisner said. He said she appeared to have a broken leg.
Smith's passenger, Vanetla Smith, 44, did not need to be cut from the car and did not have any injuries.
Ward was taken in a personal vehicle to the hospital with a leg injury, Kisner said.
The crash is still under investigation and any charges against Shereese will be decided at a later date, he said.
Triune Halleck Volunteer Fire Department, Mon Health EMS, West Virginia Department of Transportation and the Monongalia County Sheriff's Department responded to the scene.