KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A head-on collision Tuesday on Lens Creek Road claimed the life of a child, who was thrown from an SUV, and left a truck turned on its side.

Tim Hudson, who lives nearby in Hernshaw, described the experience.

“We were inside and heard a loud crash and came out,” Hudson said. “There was just mayhem down there on the street.”

Kanawha County Sheriff’s deputies said the child’s mother was driving the SUV, which ended up in a ditch, and the driver of a utility truck was taken to the hospital.

Before first responders arrived, people passing by the crash tried their best to help.

“We’re just kind of like in shock when it first happens, so the community tries to pull together and help as much as we can, whether it’s like providing first aid, provide CPR,” Hudson

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