9 injured, two critical in vehicle pileup on I-64 bridge in West Virginia
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Nine people have been hurt, two critically, after more than three dozen vehicles were involved in an early-evening pileup on an Interstate 64 bridge in West Virginia.
Amy Shuler Goodwin, a spokeswoman for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, said 38 vehicles were involved in the wrecks Thursday evening on a bridge crossing the Kanawha River at St. Albans, near Charleston.
State highway spokesman Brent Walker says nine people were taken to area hospitals with injuries.
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Goodwin said that while authorities were still trying to determine the cause, a sudden rain squall had hit the area before the wrecks.
She said those stranded included a group of Winfield High School seniors heading to graduation. Another bus took them to the ceremony.
Walker said two of those injured were in critical condition.