Couple dies in West Virginia after car crashes into toll plaza building

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An elderly couple died Thursday in West Virginia after their car crashed into a toll booth administration building, news media reported.

The driver left the road just before 10 a.m. and struck the West Virginia Turnpike Administration building at the Ghent toll plaza, said West Virginia Turnpike Executive Director Jeff Miller. Ghent is located in the southern part of West Virginia.

“It is very unfortunate what happened,” Miller said in a statement to WCHS-TV. “Our thoughts go out to the families of those affected.”

The accident occurred just before the northbound toll. The car went over the curb and struck a parked vehicle before hitting the administration building, the television station reported. No employees were injured.

Officials did not immediately release information about the couple’s names and ages.