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Early Morning Accident Turns Fatal

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CAMP CREEK, MERCER COUNTY -

Interstate 77 is reopened this morning, hours after an accident killed one person and sent eight others to the hospital.

Mercer County emergency dispatchers say the accident occurred at 12:40 a.m. near mile marker 21. That is near Camp Creek at the bottom of Flat Top Mountain.

It was a one vehicle accident. Eight people were transported to area hospitals with injuries and one person was pronounced dead at the scene.

All of the southbound lanes were closed for several hours while emergency crews were on the scene, but the lanes are open now.  

West Virginia State Troopers are handling the investigation.