Main Street Crash Investigation

Wheeling Police are investigating a multi-vehicle crash that occurred late Wednesday morning in downtown.

Around 11:40 a.m. police and fire department personnel were called to the 1100 block of Main Street for two vehicles that collided and overturned on the roadway.

Police believe the first vehicle's driver rear-ended the second vehicle's driver, which overturned and hit four parked cars and another vehicle traveling in the passing lane. Altogether, seven vehicles were damaged.

Fire department personnel extracted both drivers of the two initial vehicles from their cars. One driver was unharmed, the second was transported via ambulance to Wheeling Hospital to be treated for injuries.

WPD’s crash reconstruction team remained on the scene for several hours to investigate.

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