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MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Sheriffs Office responded to a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 68 eastbound at about 8:20 a.m. Sunday.
A passenger of the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene. Three others from the vehicle were treated at a local area hospital.
Interstate 68 was closed in both directions for approximately two hours while emergency crews cleared the scene.
The identity of the passenger is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, and the crash remains under investigation.
No further details are available at this time.
The Monongalia County Sheriffs Office was assisted on scene by the West Virginia State Police, Monongalia County EMS, Brookhaven Volunteer Fire Department and Cheat Lake Volunteer Fire Department.