Wrong-Way Crash in West Virginia Kills Two People, Injures Five Others | Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp

After a pickup truck went the wrong way up an exit ramp onto I-64 in Huntington, West Virginia (WV), and caused a head-on collision, five people who were in an SUV went to hospitals with serious injuries. The driver and passenger in the truck both died.


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Many questions need to be answered about this fatal crash. The most obvious has to be, why? What could cause someone to go the wrong direction on the highway? In many instances, the at-fault driver is under the influence of alcohol or drugs or suffered a health problem while driving.

My colleague, a personal injury attorney licensed in West Virginia, wrote an article about just how dangerous wrong-way drivers can be on the highway.

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