Police: 5 dead in crash on Route 40 in Fayette County
3 vehicles involved in fatal crash in Wharton Township, Fayette County
3 vehicles involved in fatal crash in Wharton Township, Fayette County
3 vehicles involved in fatal crash in Wharton Township, Fayette County
UPDATE: The Fayette County coroner has identified the five people killed in the crash on Route 40 Tuesday afternoon.
Harold Nibert, 55; Bradley Thivener, 47; Krystal May, 36; Amanda Dawson, 33; and her son Kullen Dawson, 7 months, were killed in the crash. They were all from Delaware, Ohio, coroner Bob Baker said in a statement Wednesday.
Nibert was driving the Honda Accord eastbound when the vehicle crossed the double yellow line and hit a tractor-trailer head-on.
All five were pronounced dead at the scene. Next of kin have been notified, Baker said.
ORIGINAL STORY (March 26): Five people, including an infant, are dead after a multi-vehicle crash in Fayette County on Tuesday afternoon, state police said.
The crash happened along Route 40 in Wharton Township, near New Meadow Run Drive and the entrance to Nemacolin Woodland’s Resort. The road reopened around 6 p.m.
Trooper Kalee Barnhart said one commercial vehicle and two passenger cars were involved in the crash shortly before 1:30 p.m.
“Everyone’s on scene making sure we conduct a thorough investigation. From there, they'll determine who's the at-fault vehicle,” Barnhart said.
She said State Police are also working with the Fayette County District Attorney’s Office to investigate which vehicle was at fault.
The names and ages of those killed are not yet known. All five were in one of the passenger vehicles, Barnhart said. The Fayette County coroner said that the people killed all appear to have been from Ohio.
Stacy Kenes, who lives along Route 40, said she recalls last Labor Day weekend when 2 people were killed and seven were hurt in a crash there along that same stretch of road.
“That's a lot of people got killed in just a little length at the time. I don't think it should be like that, you know it doesn't matter if it was 5:30 in the morning or 1:00 in the afternoon, people are just speeding and it’s bad,” Kenes said.
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