By Staff reports
One person is dead after a head-on crash on MacCorkle Avenue late Tuesday night, said Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatchers.
Two vehicles hit head-on in the westbound lanes in front of the University of Charleston, dispatchers said. A person in one car was confirmed dead when Charleston police got to the scene at about 9:15 p.m.
A person in the other vehicle was trapped, according to dispatchers. Firefighters still were working to cut the person out of the car at 9:30 p.m.
As of 9:30 p.m., the crash was blocking both westbound lanes headed toward South Charleston, dispatchers said.