UPDATE (2:03 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2023): The Cabell County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of two men who died after a head-on crash in Mason County Monday evening.
According to Cabell County Chief Deputy Doug Adams, John Dzurenka, 80, of Point Pleasant died Monday night following the crash. Adams says deputies were told Tuesday morning, Theodore Hoffert, 62, of New Haven, had also died of his injuries.
A woman remains in critical but stable condition.
The Cabell County Sheriff’s Office says the crash remains under investigation. Deputies say based on the preliminary investigation, they have learned the northbound vehicle, driven by Hoffert, allegedly went left of center, striking the southbound vehicle driven by the woman. Dzurenka was a passenger in the southbound vehicle.
UPDATE (1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2023): A second person has died after a head-on crash in Cabell County Monday evening, according to the Cabell County Sheriff’s Office.
Chief Deputy Doug Adams tells WOWK 13 News two men from Mason County have both died following the crash, and a woman, also from Mason County, remains in critical but stable condition.
The crash remains under investigation.
UPDATE (9 p.m. on Monday, May 8, 2023): One person has died after a head-on crash in Cabell County, West Virginia.
The two-vehicle crash happened around 7 p.m. this evening along Ohio River Road, also known as Route 2, near the Cabell-Mason County line. Cabell County deputies say the vehicle traveling north went left of center, striking the southbound vehicle head-on.
Three people were taken to the hospital following the crash. Deputies say one of the patients, a male, has died and the other two patients are in critical condition.
No names have been released at this time.
The Cabell County Sheriff’s Office reconstruction team is on the scene now. They expect to have the roadway reopened within an hour.
CABELL COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — Ohio River Road, or Route 2, is shut down near the community of Glenwood following a head-on-crash.
That is according to Cabell County Dispatchers who tell 13 News that someone was trapped inside one of the vehicles near the intersection of Frontage Road.
The incident was reported a little after 7 p.m. not far from the Mason County line.
No other information is available at this time.
