Identity released of person killed in a 2025 Thanksgiving Day crash in Washington County

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington County, PA) The Washington County Coroner has now released the identity of the person that was killed in a crash that occurred yesterday afternoon on I-79 and I-70. Thirteen vehicles were involved in this crash which happened on the flyover connecting I-79 northbound to I-70 westbound yesterday after 5:30 p.m. According to the Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco, sixty-four-year-old Jamie Doreen Wiles of Wheeling, West Virginia was a front-seat passenger in a car that lost control due to icy road conditions. Wiles died at the scene. Two other people, which were the driver and a rear passenger, were also transported to the hospital because of their injuries and were last said to be in critical condition. A dog was also killed. Another crash in Washington County also happened on the same night that Wiles was killed, which occurred on I-70 just west of the junction going north. According to a post by Canton Township VFC, a tractor-trailer jackknifed between the Chestnut Street and Jessop Place exits.