Two people are dead and two were seriously injured in this one-vehicle crash on Interstate 77 in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä on Sunday, May 11, 2025. The vehicle is shown here on the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 after being recovered from the ground below the bridge.
Two people are dead and two were seriously injured by this one-vehicle crash on Interstate 77 in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä on Sunday, May 11, 2025. The vehicle is shown here on the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 after being recovered from the ground below. The Elk River is shown in the background at bottom.
Two people are dead and two were seriously injured in this one-vehicle crash on Interstate 77 in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä on Sunday, May 11, 2025. The vehicle is shown here on the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 after being recovered from the ground below the bridge.
CHRISTOPHER MILLETTE | Gazette-Mail
Editor's note: This story has been updated with new information.
The victims of a single-vehicle Sunday morning crash on Interstate 77 in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä have been identified, according to information from the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Police Department.
Driver Tiara Pitts, 29, and front-seat passenger Katelyn Berger, 30, both of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, died in the crash, according to a Tuesday morning news release from the CPD. The two passengers injured in the crash were Jovon Cousins, 19, of Dunbar and Fontain Nelson, 29, of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
Cousins is in serious but stable condition. Nelson is in stable condition. Both are at CAMC General Hospital.
It is unclear if the four people are related to each other.
The vehicle — according to a Sunday news release from the CPD — was traveling south on Interstate 77 near mile marker 100 when it struck a concrete barrier “leaving the roadway and landing below.†The vehicle came to rest near the Elk River on property owned or operated by the Martin Marietta ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Yard, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., according to the release.
The accident occurred at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, according to Metro 911.
The vehicle was a white Dodge Caravan with West Virginia registration. The vehicle, which showed heavy damage, was placed upright on the Interstate 64 westbound lanes Sunday morning after being recovered from the ground below by a heavy-equipment tow truck.
Two people are dead and two were seriously injured by this one-vehicle crash on Interstate 77 in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä on Sunday, May 11, 2025. The vehicle is shown here on the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 after being recovered from the ground below. The Elk River is shown in the background at bottom.
CHRISTOPHER MILLETTE | Gazette-Mail
Later Sunday, Sgt. Jessi Redden of the CPD Traffic Division said the driver, the front seat passenger and one other passenger were ejected from the vehicle, and no one in the vehicle was wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.
All roadways involved in the incident were reopened by about 8:15 a.m. Sunday, according to Metro 911. The incident is under investigation by CPD’s Crash Investigation Unit.
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