One killed in four-vehicle crash on I-81 at Inwood

INWOOD, W.Va. — An Augusta man was killed in a four-vehicle crash Wednesday night on the Exit 5 offramp of Interstate 81 in Inwood, according to West Virginia State Police.

Brandon Lee White, 35, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 8:40 p.m. crash, police said in a news release.

White was driving a 2012 Nissan Xterra southbound when he exited the interstate at a high rate of speed and attempted to pass three vehicles also exiting the highway, sideswiping them. White's SUV then ran through a guardrail, rolled an unknown number of times through a wooded area and came to rest upright, police said.

A passenger was seriously hurt, but is expected to recover, police said. The passenger's name was not immediately available.

The people in the other vehicles involved were not hurt, the release said.

Berkeley County Ambulance Authority Medic 983 and the South Berkeley Fire Department assisted at the scene, according to the release.

Police said an investigation of the crash is continuing.