Wrong-way crash in Greenbrier County claims one life

ALTA, W. Va.– A woman is dead and a teenager is in the hospital after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 64 in Greenbrier County.

The accident happened around noon Friday near mile marker 160, approximately one mile from Alta.

West Virginia State Police said one vehicle traveling the wrong way in the westbound lanes struck another vehicle head-on.

Troopers said Brenda Kay Snead, 56, from Moneta, Va, was killed in the wreck while Charles M. Hall, 19, from Westerville, Ohio was transported to the hospital.

Hall was first taken to Greenbrier Valley Medical Center and then rushed to CAMC General for further treatment.

At this time Hall’s current condition is not known as the investigation continues.

Authorities did not release which driver was at fault.





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