NITRO CAR CRASH Nitro Car Crash Kills One Person, Victim's Name Released
Reported by: Heath Harrison
Web Producer: Heath Harrison
Also Contributing: Mamie Buoy
Reported: Feb. 15, 2013 8:27 PM EST
Updated: Feb. 16, 2013 10:02 AM EST
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Nitro
, Putnam County
, West Virginia
An elderly woman is dead after a car accident Friday night on the Nitro entrance ramp of I-64 Westbound.
Police say Tommy Jones, Jr., of St. Albans hit the side of a car driven by Andrew Lambert, of Poca.
Firefighters had to cut Lambert's car apart to get everyone out. Lambert, Jones and another passenger in Lambert's car were taken to CAMC General; but are expected to be okay. Another passenger, 69-year-old Cuba Lambert, of Poca, was taken to Thomas Memorial Hospital, where she later died.
Police say alcohol and the weather conditions are not a factor in the crash. Charges are pending on the outcome of the investigation.
At least three people were seriously hurt in an accident in Putnam County Friday night.
Dispatchers said two vehicles collided on the I-64 westbound entrance ramp near the Pilot station in Nitro.
Two people had to be cut out of the vehicles and at least three people are seriously hurt.
The area of I-64 was shut down while crews cleaned up the mess. The road reopened about an hour later.
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Heath Harrison
