MORGANTOWN — On Monday, the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office identified the two people killed in a three-vehicle wreck on W. Va. 705 near Willowdale Road Friday afternoon.
Charlene K. Earle, 68, of Frostburg, Md., was taken to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital where she died of her injuries and her passenger, Janis Yeager, 66, of Morgantown, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Earle was driving a Toyota RAV4 traveling west in the eastbound lane on W. Va. 705. The RAV4 hit a Kia Sonoma traveling east, then struck another vehicle and a traffic signal light pole before overturning and landing on its roof, according to the sheriff’s office.
The driver of the Kia was taken to Ruby with unknown injuries. The driver of the third vehicle, a truck, was taken to Mon Health Medical Center with a complaint of back pain, according to the sheriff’s office.
Yeager and Earle were retired nurses.
“Our hearts go out to the families of our retired nurses, Janis Yeager, R.N., and Charlene Earle, P.R.N., R.N,” a WVU Medicine spokesperson said. “They will be remembered by our physicians, nursing staff and the many whose lives they touched. We are grateful for the time they served at WVU Medicine and the positive impact they had on our patients.”
Sheriff Perry Palmer declined to answer additional questions about the crash citing the active investigation by the major crash unit, which includes detectives and accident reconstructionists.
Star City VFD and Mon EMS also responded to the crash.
*This story has been updated as the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office issued a correction on information released in the double fatality vehicle crash that happened May 21 on W. Va. 705 near Willowdale Road. Charlene K. Earle, 68, of Frostburg, Md., was the driver of the Toyota RAV4. Janis Yeager, 66, of Morgantown, was the passenger. Monday’s press release stated Earle was the passenger and Yeager was the driver
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