SHARON, W.Va. — Traffic inched along on the West Virginia Turnpike Wednesday evening into Wednesday night after a tractor trailer skidded on its side and caught on fire.
It happened in the northbound lanes near Sharon in Kanawha County at about 3 p.m. Northbound traffic was totally stopped for a while and then one lane was opened. Traffic was backed up approximately 10 miles. The highway wasn’t cleared until after 6 p.m. It took a period of time after that for traffic to return to normal.
State police and other first responders were on the scene. The tractor truck driver suffered a foot injury.