On Thursday night, November 24, two teenagers were seriously injured in a head-on collision.

According to State police the accident happened shortly after 11.15 p.m. on Route 21 in Jefferson Township, Greene County. A vehicle being driven by 16 year old Shay Siebert of Nemacolin was traveling west near Gwynn Road and she tried to pass a vehicle in front of her a in no-passing zone. Her car hit a vehicle being driven by 35 year old Michael Colon of Crucible that was traveling in the opposite direction head-on.

Siebert and her 16 year old passenger, Kaitlyn Wolfe of Rices Landing, were flown by medical helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. where Wolfe is said to be in good condition and Siebert’s condition is unknown. Colon was uninjured.

According to State police, neither girl was wearing a seat belt and Siebert will be charged with careless driving, passing on a double-yellow line, driving after 11 p.m. on a junior license and other traffic violations.

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On Sunday morning, July 17, seven members of an Amish family were injured, some critically, when their buggy was hit by a car.

According to authorities, the accident happened at around 10 a.m. along Route 669 in the Village of Springs. State police, the Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department, the Grantsville Fire Department and multiple ambulance units were called to the scene to find that the buggy and vehicle, being driven by 78 year old Shirley Brinegar of Salisbury were both traveling southbound, heading up a hill when the collision occurred. The Amish family was ejected from the buggy onto the roadway and they were all injured.

A 10 year old girl, a 3 year old boy and 32 year old William Yoder of Springs Township, were flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia with critical and life threatening injuries. The other four family members, 31 year old Mary Yoder, and three more children, sustained minor injuries and were transported by ambulance.

Brinegar, the car driver, was not injured.

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On Thursday June 16 there was a 15 vehicle crash on Interstate 81 during a major thunderstorm.

According to authorities, the accident happened between Martinsburg and Spring Mills at about 5 p.m. and it was thought to have been caused by a reckless driver, who did not drive according to the conditions. The accident lead to the death of one person and 10 more were injured.

Police said the reckless driver would be charged.

The storm caused damaged throughout West Virginia with downed trees and thousands left without power as well as traffic accidents. During Thursday evening around 36,000 customers were without power, although that reduced to 16,000 by Friday morning.

The storm brought with it a tornado, damaging winds, and hail up to one inch in diameter along with heavy rain with the Morgantown area being especially badly hit.

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On Wednesday, May 25 a city fireman died in a two vehicle crash in Morgantown.

According to Morgantown police, the accident happened at around 10 a.m. on Route 119 between the Hornbeck Road and Scott Avenue intersections near the I-68 on ramp. It appears that 41 year old Vanden King who was a city fireman, was in a 4-door Audi silver sedan which was hit by a Ford F 350 being driven by 67 year old Harold Lipscomb of Bruceton Mills. According to investigators, Lipscomb was turning left off of U. S. 119 to access Interstate 68 eastbound when his truck hit the sedan driven by King.

King was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital where he was declared to be deceased.

Lipscomb was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital for non life-threatening injuries.

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On Monday, April 25 an accident involving a dump truck on the Natcher Parkway left two people dead.

According to the Kentucky State Patrol the accident happened at around 10 am on the Natcher Parkway near mile marker 12. According to KSP, the initial investigation shows that a dump truck being driven by Patrick Powell was northbound on the Natcher in the right lane and Powell was distracted and did not see a Kia compact car being driven slowly by 32 year old Jonathan McDaniel. Powell hit the rear end of the car, then went over the top of it and pushed it into the guardrail.

Jonathan McDaniel of Morgantown was taken to TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville by helicopter where he later passed away. A passenger in the car, 52 year old Cindy McDaniel also of Morgantown died at the scene and another passenger, 56 year old John McDaniel was ejected and taken to hospital.

No one in the car was wearing a seat belt.

Powell who was wearing a seat belt was not injured in the collision and the investigation is ongoing.

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On Sunday March 20 a man was killed and a woman was injured in a rollover crash.

According to state police, the accident happened on Interstate 79 near the West Virginia – Pennsylvania state line. Jessy D. Dulany was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo north and was near the 159 mile marker when he tried to pass a car in the right northbound lane of the interstate. Having passed the car when he returned to his lane he clipped the vehicle he was passing and lost control. The Monte Carlo spun several times and then flipped over and over into the southbound lanes of the interstate.

Both Dulany and his passenger, 21 year old Rachel Doty of Waynesburg, PA were ejected. They were both taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital where Dulany died and Doty has critical injuries.

The accident remains under investigation.

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