UPDATE: Additional details have emerged regarding a Tuesday evening tractor trailer rollover which is confirmed to have resulted in the death of one driver.
The Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday afternoon elaborated on the incident, which occurred on December 26, 2023 at about 5:38 P.M.
Hampshire County 911 received reports of crash involving a single vehicle – a tractor and trailer – at 8304 Cumberland Road (Rt. 28) in Springfield, WV.
Multiple first response units were dispatched to the crash, along with Cpl. T. Veach and Deputy B. Liller with the Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office and Trooper Ward of the WV State Police.
Deputies conducted an investigation into the incident, determining that the tractor and trailer were hauling logs while traveling north on Cumberland Road when the driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle and ran off the right side of the road.
As a result, the truck overturned and sustained extensive damage. The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash and was identified as Richard E. Gray, 77 years old of Chenango, NY. The truck itself was owned by Richard Gray Trucking, LLC.
As a result of the accident, the roadway was closed down for an extended period of time while Fire and EMS personnel worked diligently to extricate the driver from the truck. Excessive speed and wet roads are believed to have contributed to the crash.
Springfield Fire, Romney Fire, Fort Ashby Fire/EMS, Hampshire County EMS, WV DOT, and Medical Examiner Chris Guynn responded to the scene.
The investigation into the incident is being led by Cpl. T. Veach of the Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office.
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SPRINGFIELD, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A traffic accident involving a tractor trailer on Tuesday evening led to the closure of a Hampshire County roadway.
According to the Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office, on Tuesday, December 26, 2023, Cumberland Road near Springfield Square, a vehicle accident brought about extended delays in traffic.
The accident in question involved the rollover of a tractor trailer, which preceded to the closure of Cumberland Road.
Motorists utilizing the affected roadway were encouraged to seek out alternative routes of travel as crews responded to the scene of the accident.
The road would eventually be reopened to traffic after a time, though the nature of the accident itself is unclear at the time of writing. The condition of the driver of the tractor trailer has also not been revealed at press time.
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