Hundreds turned out for a candlelight vigil held at the Wirt County Courthouse lawn Monday at sunset for the four people killed Sunday in a Mineral Wells traffic accident, as well as others who recently died in Wirt County.

Several area ministers and pastors quoted scripture to inspire and comport those who are feeling loss.

Cathy McVeigh was one of a dozen people who came to the microphone to share their emotions.

"I think, 'Love thy Neighbor', guys...Look at us...There's no better place than Wirt County WV to live, " declared Cathy McVeigh. "We're strong and we've got God."

Word of the candlelight vigil in support of four families that have suffered losses this summer spread like wildfire through the community.

There was barely a parking space left in downtown Elizabeth because of the sunset assembly Monday evening.
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UPDATED 7/19/2010 @ 1:35 pm

A prayer vigil is set for Monday at 9:00 pm on the lawn of the Wirt County Courthouse in Elizabeth.

Members of the community are asked to bring a candle to show support for the Cunninghams and two Myers children, as well as other losses that have happened recently in Wirt County.

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UPDATED 7/18/2010 @ 8:43 pm

Driver 27-year-old Carrie Lynn Cunningham of Mineral Wells was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash along with her passengers, husband 38-year-old Michael Edward Cunningham, daughters 7-year-old Haley Danielle Myers, and 4-year-old Addison Paige Myers.

According to Wood County Sheriff's Deputy B.A. Pickens, Carrie Cunningham was traveling south on Wood County Route 21 when she was negotiating a sharp left bend in the road when her car started rotating counterclockwise crossing into the north bound lane where she was struck by the northbound pick up truck driven by 41-year-old Darin Affolter.

Affolter was taken to Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.
He is listed in good condition.

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UPDATED 7/18/2010 @ 6:00 pm

Traffic on the 1300 block of Wood County Route 21 which is also known as Southern Highway, is shutdown after a two vehicle accident in Mineral Wells. The road is closed at West Virginia Route 14 which is also known as Elizabeth Pike and County Route 21 and also south of the accident on County Route 21, according to a dispatcher at the Wood County 911 Center.

Traffic is being diverted to Interstate 77.

We will bring you the latest as it becomes available on wtap.com and WTAP News at 11.
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A Wood County 911 dispatcher said first responders are on the scene of a two vehicle accident on Wood County Route 21 in Mineral Wells where someone has been ejected and there is possibly an entrapment.

A call came in around 5:22 p.m. Sunday about this T-bone accident, according to the dispatcher.

The extent of injuries is unknown at this time.

We will bring you the latest as it becomes available on wtap.com and WTAP News at 11.