CORE, W.Va. — A man died in a head-on crash in western Monongalia County County Friday morning.
Investigators with the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department said Charles Hicks, 68, of Core, was southbound on Blue Horizon Drive at about 7:20 a.m. when he crossed the centerline and struck a northbound pickup truck underneath the I-79 overpass at Blue Horizon.
Hicks was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the pickup truck is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Mon EMS, Cassville Volunteer Fire Department, Mon County HazMat Team, and West Virginia Division of Highways were all on the scene.