Last night around 6:45 p.m. a crash was reported near the 3 mile marker of I-79 South. Deputies with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched and arrived to find a fatal crash.
A sedan traveling south on I-79 struck a flatbed tractor-trailer between Big Chimney and Mink Shoals. The driver of the sedan was killed as a result of the crash. It appeared he was watching videos on his phone at the time of the crash.
Both vehicles were in motion, going the same direction, at the time of the crash. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.
The deceased sedan driver has been identified as Charles Keith Asbury, 37 years old of Charleston, WV.