West Virginia Fatal Accidents

DUNBAR, W.Va. - Police say a Jackson County man was killed early Saturday morning when the scooter he was operating on Interstate 64 was struck from behind by a motorist. Dunbar police said the Vespa ...[...]

One person is dead following a Vespa scooter accident early on Aug. 10, 2024 on Interstate 64 in Dunbar, West Virginia. Metro 911 dispatchers said the call came in just after 1 a.m. for a one-vehicle ...[...]

One person is dead following a motorcycle accident early on Aug. 10, 2024 on Interstate 64 in Dunbar, West Virginia. Metro 911 dispatchers said the call came in just after 1 a.m. for a one-vehicle ...[...]

William "Joe" Crandall was killed in an incident at Arch Resource's ACI Tygart Valley Mine in Taylor County, West Virginia, on Monday. Crandall is the second worker to die as a result of a mine ...[...]

DUNBAR, WV (WOWK) - One person died early Monday morning after a motorcycle crash near Dunbar. According to Metro 911, the crash was reported on I-64 West at mile marker 52 around 1:09 a.m. The ...[...]

Here are some of the top stories this week on the WBOY 12News Facebook page. A Fairmont man was killed in a coal mining accident in Taylor County. West Virginia's first astronaut, Jon McBride, died ...[...]

A 36-year-old woman was killed Thursday night when a large oak tree uprooted and crashed through her home in the Shannondale community of Harpers Ferry. The incident occurred as Tropical Storm Debby ...[...]

A coal miner was killed on the job in northern West Virginia earlier this week. Gov. Jim Justice says William '?Joe'? Crandall was killed in an incident at the ACI Tygart Valley Mine in Taylor County on ...[...]

Joe Manchin (I-WV) said that the victim was William Joe Crandall, 57 of Fairmont. The accident is classified as ... Mr. Crandall will always be remembered as a true West Virginia hero. Cathy and I ...[...]

BELLE GLADE, Fla. (AP / WAVY) - Two siblings from Chesapeake, Virginia ... traveling south on Hatton Highway near Belle Glade at about 7:30 p.m. Monday when it came to a part of the two-lane road that ...[...]

Rain came hard for most of the night and morning causing flooding in low lying areas as predicted. in the Eastern Panhandle. A woman died when a tree fell on her home in Jefferson County.[...]

The wreck happened one day before Pamela's 57th birthday. Gone, too, were her 30-year-old sister, Leiana Hall, and seven other relatives, six of them age 15 or under. Aniya Tucker, a ...[...]

Dylan Patrick Healey buried his face in his hands and sobbed moments before he was sentenced to serve time in a state prison for the wrong-way DUI crash that killed a West Virginia father and son near ...[...]

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) - Family and friends are remembering five people from Bridgeport who died in a crash Monday in Florida. Loved ones are working on bringing the bodies of seven of the nine ...[...]

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md - Montgomery County Police are investigating after a woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday. Police responded to the area of Georgia Avenue, between Triadelphia Lake ...[...]

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD - Authorities have identified Angela Marie Brill, 56, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, as the victim of a fatal two-vehicle crash that ...[...]

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md - Montgomery County Police are investigating after a woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday. Police responded to the area of Georgia Avenue, between Triadelphia Lake ...[...]

A 56-year-old woman died at an area hospital following a crash during the afternoon commute near the Howard and Montgomery County line, police say. Angela Marie Brill, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, ...[...]

Nelson was transported to St. Marys Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased by the West Virginia Medical Examiner, according to the release. The passenger, Loretta Richards, 48, of ...[...]

Nine family members were killed - including several young children - when a packed SUV on Monday ran off a South Florida road, crashed into a guardrail and landed upside down in a canal, officials ...[...]

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - Police have identified the man killed in the Monday afternoon motorcycle crash on Emily Drive in Clarksburg. Police said Daniel Critchfield, 37, died after being struck by an SUV ...[...]

Following their deaths, the Malick's daughter penned a touching tribute as the family deals with a "loss felt in places we cannot possibly understand." The crash remains under investigation as of ...[...]

FREDERICK COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Two West Virginia residents were killed in a Frederick County crash last week. The Virginia State Police reports the crash occurred around 6 p.m. Aug. 2 on ...[...]

A married couple from Charles Town, West Virginia, were killed Friday when their vehicle ran off Carpers Pike (Va. 259) and collided with a tree in western Frederick County, according ...[...]

Two people from Charles Town, W.Va., died Friday in Frederick County after their Ford Econoline collided with a tree. Virginia State Police is investigating the single-vehicle fatal crash on Aug. 2 at ...[...]

ALLEGHANY COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - One person died, a pedestrian was hurt and two people have been charged in connection with a crash in Alleghany County. 27-year-old Emmanuel Dontrell Smothers was killed ...[...]

Goose Creek, SC (August 1, 2024) - A pedestrian was killed early Thursday morning after being hit by a vehicle. The Goose Creek Police Department received a report of the crash at 5:21 a.m. on ...[...]

A 27-year-old man was killed and two more injured in a two-vehicle crash in Alleghany County, according to Virginia State Police (VSP). VSP said the crash happened on July 26 at 9:26 p.m. on ...[...]

A Tennessee man will serve 10½ years behind bars for causing a crash that killed a West Virginia man earlier this year in Frederick County.[...]

A West Virginia man charged with DUI and vehicular homicide remains in custody at the Pike County Detention Center following a car crash July 26, claiming the life of a ...[...]

The driver of a side-by-side is dead following a rollover accident Friday on River Road. At about 8:11 p.m., Monongalia County Sheriff's deputies responded a single-vehicle accident ['] ...[...]

The family of a man who died after an encounter with West Virginia State Police on Interstate 81 last February has released the body-worn camera footage from the troopers. Edmond Exline, 45, was ...[...]

A West Virginia woman, Ashley Cogar, tragically passed away on July 24, more than a week after suffering injuries in a coal mining accident ...[...]

An Ohio man who police say caused a deadly crash on July 4 in Barboursville that killed ... at the intersection of U.S. Route 60 and Davis Creek Road at about 9 p.m. McComas, who was getting ...[...]