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Mingo crash claims lives of 7-year-old and adult male
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN MATEWAN, W.Va. — A two-vehicle accident occurred Monday afternoon near Matewan that claimed the life of a 7-year-old boy and Kentucky man and sent two others to area hospitals. According to information released by the Mingo County Sheriff’s office, the accident is described as a “side-swipe” and occurred at approximately 1:30 p.m.…
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Mingo woman killed in weekend crash
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LENORE, W.Va. — Law enforcement is investigating the traffic fatality where a woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday in Mingo County. West Virginia State Police said Mellisa Copley, 52, of Delbarton, died after losing control of her vehicle at around 2:30 p.m. on Laurel Creek Road near Lenore. Copley was…
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Man crashes into Middlefork garden
A car crashed into a garden Tuesday at a residence on Middlefork Road in Inez. Martin County Sheriff’s Deputy Wesley Endicott assisted Sheriff John Kirk at the scene. Endicott says the car, driven by 65-year-old William Spencer of Debord, scraped against the guardrail for about 1,000 feet on the wrong side of the road. It…
