MARTINSBURG, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash that occurred late Tuesday night on Interstate 81 northbound.
According to authorities, deputies were dispatched at approximately 11:59 p.m. near the 8.5 mile marker after receiving reports of a Chrysler Pacifica traveling the wrong way in the northbound lanes before crashing.
Callers also reported seeing a man running along the highway.
Deputies arrived to find an unresponsive man in the rightmost northbound lane. He was later identified as Christian Basil Sones, 25, of Texas.
Investigators determined that Sones had been struck by a tractor-trailer.
Emergency medical personnel responded quickly but pronounced Sones dead at the scene.
The incident remains under investigation by Deputy Milburn, a traffic crash reconstructionist with the Sheriff’s Office. Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 304-267-7000.
No additional details have been released.
