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I-79 north reopens in Braxton County after 4 tractor trailers involved in crash

FRAMETOWN, W.Va. — Authorities in Braxton County Interstate 79 reopened Tuesday afternoon following a wreck that involved four tractor trailers.

The chain-reaction crash happened at just before 7 a.m. Tuesday in the northbound lanes near the Frametown exit.

Northbound motorists were detoured for several hours on state Route 4 from Frametown to Gassaway.

The northbound lanes reopened at at around 12:50 p.m.

There were no serious injuries reported in the crash and no word on what caused it. It was very foggy in many areas of West Virginia Tuesday morning.





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