From midnight, Tuesday morning (January 21, 2014) through Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. Metro 911 received reports of 107 motor vehicle crashes in Kanawha County, WV. Thirty-eight of those crashes were within city limits, and 69 were in unincorporated areas primarily patrolled by the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. Of the 107 crashes, 31 were reported to have resulted in injuries when Metro 911 received the call.
Snow and ice were compounded by unusually cold temperatures, leading to dangerous road conditions. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office asks drivers to be careful while operating a motor vehicle at all times, and use even more caution during inclement weather.
Please clear windshields and windows for visibility; but also clean off the hood, roof, and other surfaces so snow and ice from your car doesn’t interfere with the visibility of other drivers while traveling. And every occupant needs to wear a seatbelt or be secured in a child safety seat.
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Note to journalists: I will attempt to have updated numbers later today and again Friday morning. The staff at Metro 911 provided the stats to me yesterday afternoon, but the email got buried with some others in my in-box and I didn’t see the response until this morning.
Corporal B. D. Humphreys
Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office
301 Virginia Street East,
Charleston WV 25301
desk: 304-357-0732 / cell: 304-951-7328
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