On August 14, 2022 at approximately 1:30 pm, Monongalia County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a single vehicle crash on I-79 southbound near the 143-mile marker.

 

The driver of the vehicle Charles Delaney, 68 years of age from St. Albans, WV appears to have lost control of the vehicle and swerved across both southbound lane’s multiple times, before colliding with the rock face on the westside of the roadway. Mr. Delaney was pronounced deceased at the scene. 

 

Agencies assisting at the scene were Granville Police Department Accident Reconstructionist, Mon EMS, Triune-Halleck VFD, Clinton District VFD and Marion County EMS.