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Adam Harper was killed in the accident.
FAIRMONT -- One person was killed Sunday afternoon when a motorcycle and a car collided on Route 310 in Marion County.
The accident happened just before 3 p.m. near the Route 310 intersection with Interstate 79, in Fairmont.
Adam Harper, 21, was on a motorcycle travelling East on Route 310 in Fairmont.
A car, with two women and a juvenile inside, was exiting I-79.
The vehicles collided in a T-bone accident and the car caught fire on impact, deputies said.
Harper was pronounced dead on scene, according to deputies.
All three people in the car were taken to the hospital, deputies said. As of Sunday night, one woman was still at Ruby Memorial Hospital. The two other passengers were treated and released, deputies said.
Traffic was backed up as Route 310 and the on and off ramps to I-79 were closed.
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is still investigating.
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