U.S. 60 crash victims remain hospitalized with serious injuries

UPDATE 2/3/23 @ 10:05 p.m.

CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - We have new information about a violent head-on crash that happened late Thursday night in the 5500 block of U.S. 60 near Barboursville.

The Barboursville police chief says the two drivers were both taken to the hospital with serious injuries after being extricated out of their cars by firefighters.

The chief says a man driving west drifted into the opposite lane and struck a woman’s car as she was traveling east.

The sister of Shonna Maynard, who’s from Lincoln County, says she suffered a broken neck, among other injuries, and is expected to have surgery next week.

She has been alert and talking at the hospital though, the sister says.

The Barboursville police chief says they’re looking into the cause, and they’ll be getting medical records to find out if alcohol or drugs were a factor, which is standard practice.

UPDATE 2/3/23 @ 12:20 a.m.

CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Two people have been seriously hurt in a head-on crash in the 5500 block of Route 60 late Thursday night.

Barboursville Fire Chief Andrew Frazier says two cars crashed head-on just before 11 p.m.

Both drivers were trapped when crews arrived, and firefighters cut them out of the vehicles. The chief described the injuries to both drivers as serious to critical. They were both taken in ambulances to St. Mary’s Medical Center.

The chief says it’s not believed any passengers were in either car.

The chief says he’s not sure who’s at fault.

The Barboursville Police Department is investigating and talking to witnesses.

All lanes of Route 60 have been shut down and are expected to reopen around 1 a.m.

ORIGINAL STORY

CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - U.S. 60 is closed in both directions late Thursday night in the Barboursville area after a two-vehicle crash, our crew at the scene said.

The accident was reported before 11:30 p.m. in the 5500 block of U.S. 60.

Other details are unavailable, but we have a crew there.

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