KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — Part of Interstate 79 south reopened late Friday night in Kanawha County after being closed earlier in the evening because of a deadly accident involving a pedestrian.
Emergency officials said one person was killed after being hit by more than one vehicle while walking around 7 p.m. south of Elkview.
The victim was not being publicly identified as of Saturday morning.
For a time on Friday evening, interstate traffic was being rerouted off I-79 south at Elkview to the highway entrance at Big Chimney.
A second accident was reported in the traffic congestion in the area.