Friday, May 24 2013 6:57 AM EDT2013-05-24 10:57:56 GMT
Smith Street between Morris and Ruffner Avenue is closed after a crash sent the utility pole down. The immediate area is blocked as a result.Emergency crews responded to the crash after a man driving
Driver flees crash scene after crash knocks down utility pole in Charleston
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:18 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:18:28 GMT
Three people were inside this burning home but managed to get out safely.
Firefighters are battling a massive fire in East Bank in Kanawha County. A house on Walnut Street went up in flames around 5:15 a.m. Firefighters said two people were home at the time but managed to
Three escape massive fire in a home on Walnut Street in Kanawha County
A Beckley man was killed Wednesday evening when a tractor-trailer rear-ended him at a toll booth on the West Virginia Turnpike.
Jeremy P. Dickens, 34, was killed in the collision at Toll Plaza B at Pax in Fayette County, according to a news release from the West Virginia State Police.
The wreck happened at about 6:35 p.m. in the southbound lanes of the Turnpike, the news release states.
A tractor-trailer driven by Michael Reeves Daughtery, 46, of Parsons, Kan., failed to stop and hit the back of Dickens' 2011 Suzuki SX4, according to the news release. The collision caused Dickens' vehicle to hit the back of another tractor-trailer, which was stopped at the toll booth.
The State Police is continuing to investigate the wreck.