WESTOVER, W.Va. — A fiery crash on Interstate 79 in Monongalia County Wednesday morning claimed the life of a Morgantown woman.
West Virginia State Police identified the victim as Mary Jane Wood, 47. Troopers said she was driving her vehicle northbound near the Westover exit at just before 10 a.m. when a vehicle traveling south being driven by John Robert Phillips, 46, of Morgantown, went through the median and slammed into Wood’s vehicle. Both burst into flames.
Wood was pronounced dead at the scene. Phillips was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital.
Troopers said two other vehicles were struck in the accident but their drivers were not injured.