Wesley Merrick was 55, and Alicia Eve Cornell was 46 years old when they lost their lives in an accident that happened on Interstate 81 in Hagerstown. The troopers responded to a call about an accident that occurred around 9:40 a.m. When they arrived at the scene, they found four tractor-trailers and 2 passenger vehicles were involved in the crash. The Chevrolet Tahoe struck the back of a tractor-trailer that had begun to break due to traffic. This caused another 3 tracter trailers and and a pickup truck to collide with each other. Wesley Merrick and Alicia Eve Cornell were both pronounced dead on the scene. Other passengers were also taken to the hospital.