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From the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Website
Friday, May 19, 2006
Four injured in interstate wreck
By ROGER ADKINS, Staff Writer
PARKERSBURG — Four people were injured
Wednesday after a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 77 near the Seventh Street
exit.
Leona Michaels, 71, address unknown, and her 80-year-old husband, Paul Michaels,
were in a GMC 1500 and were taken to Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital after the
3:17 p.m. crash. Jodi White, 18, and Michael Baker, 21, were in the second
vehicle, a Ford Escort GT, and also were taken to Camden-Clark Memorial
Hospital, said Wood County sheriff’s deputy Kent Stephens.
All four people were treated and released, hospital officials said. The
Ford Escort was northbound on I-77 when the driver, White, braked suddenly
because of a deer in the road, Stephens said.
“There was a herd of deer in the road; we’re not sure how many because we’re
getting conflicting statements on that,” Stephens said.
Michaels was behind the Escort and unable to stop in time. Her vehicle struck
the rear of the Escort and both vehicles skidded 50 to 60 feet, police said. The
Escort spun and the rear of the vehicle struck the guardrail. The rear passenger
compartment of the vehicle was crushed.
Traffic was restricted for about half an hour while emergency responders worked
to clear the scene.
In addition to sheriff’s deputies, Eastwood Volunteer Fire Department responded
to the scene along with Pifer’s Towing.
No citations were issued in the crash.
Contact Roger Adkins at
radkins@newsandsentinel.com.
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Photo by Roger Adkins
Four people were injured in an afternoon
crash Wednesday on Interstate 77 just
south of the Seventh Street exit. The
driver of the red Ford Escort brakes
suddenly because of deer on the road
and was struck by a GMC 1500 truck,
police said.
From the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Website
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Pennsboro man killed in automobile accident on U.S. 50
By BRETT DUNLAP, Staff Writer
PARKERSBURG — A man was killed in a single-car accident early Wednesday morning,
possibly caused by ice on the road, officials said.
The Wood County Sheriff’s Department reported responding to U.S. 50 at Dry Run
Road at 2:50 a.m. where a vehicle slid off the road.
A 1993 Chevy Blazer driven by John Goto, 50, McDougal Drive, Pennsboro, was
traveling east on U.S. 50 when he lost control of his vehicle, went into the
median strip, rolled 1.5 times and partially ejected the driver after coming to
rest on its top.
Goto was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff’s department reported.
The accident is believed to have been caused by icy road conditions, the
department said.
Also responding to the accident were the Wood County Crash Team, the Eastwood
Volunteer Fire Department and Camden-Clark Ambulance.
From the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Website
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Arson suspected in Walker fire
By DAVE PAYNE Sr.
WALKER — Arson is suspected in a fire that engulfed a vacant mobile home at
258-1 Atkinson Ridge Road Friday, said Mike Dailey, deputy chief of the East
Wood Volunteer Fire Department.
The home had been vacant for years and no one was injured, although it did take
firefighters several hours to get the blaze under control, he said. The fire
department received the call around 8 p.m. Friday, he said.
“It looks like someone may have driven by and started it, but we are not sure if
it was arson,” he said.
Dailey said the owner of the building is David Modesitt and that it was a total
loss. He said firefighters were on the scene for 15 hours trying to extinguish
the flames.
“There was a lot of debris inside the house, in some places it was piled five or
six feet high. It was very hard to extinguish it,” he said.
The fire remains under investigation.
Responding to the fire were East Wood, Mineral Wells VFD, Wood County Office of
Emergency Services, Wood County Sheriff’s Department and the Wood County Fire
Investigation Team. The Lubeck VFD was on standby at the East Wood station and a
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital ambulance responded to the scene in case any
firefighters required medical treatment, which none did, Dailey said.
From the
Parkersburg News and Sentinel Website
www.newsandsentinel.com
Sunday, October 9, 2005
Three kids reported missing found unharmed
WALKER - Several local agencies participated in the search for three missing children in the Progress Ridge Road area Saturday afternoon, who were later found unharmed.
Wood County deputies responded to Progress Ridge Road Saturday afternoon in reference to an 11-year-old boy and two 5-year-old girls being missing in the woods.
Family members made a search of the area, but were unable to located the missing children before contacting emergency personnel, the sheriff's department reported.
A search was conducted by emergency personnel beginning around 6 p.m. About 90 minutes later, the family received a phone call from an individual on Edens Road, approximately five miles from the children's residence on Progress Ridge, advising that the missing children were at his residence.
Emergency personnel responded to the residence and located the missing children. They were checked for injuries by paramedics and returned to their parents, the sheriff's department reported.
The agencies assisting in the search included the Wood County Sheriff's Department's K-9 unit and aviation unit, canine units from Parkersburg Police Department, Pond Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Belpre Police Department and Washington County Sheriff's Department, officers from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, members of the East Wood and Deerwalk Volunteer Fire Departments, Air National Guard Aviation Unit, Wood County Rescue and several neighbors.
From WTAP Website
August 28, 2005
Thousands of Allegheny customers remained without power Saturday evening after five utility poles snapped along Route 50.
About 6:30 Saturday evening, a tree fell along Route 50, downing power, cable, and telephone lines for a two mile stretch. Route 50 was shut down from the I-77 Interchange to Red Hill Road for about three hours as crews worked to clear the downed lines from the highway.
Officials with the Eastwood Volunteer Fire Department were at the scene, stopping traffic and helping drivers find alternate ways to reach their destinations.
Traffic has been moving smoothly along Route 50 since 9:30 Saturday evening. Officials with Allegheny Power expect it will be 24 hours before power is restored to everyone.
From WTAP Website
www.wtap.com
April 14, 2005
Nearly 50 acres of forest was burned, and fire officials warn illegal activity could have caused the brushfire.
Around 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon, a fire spread quickly through Route 47 near the Freeport area of Wirt County.
Doug Hill, an Elizabeth firefighter, says the wind and heavy timbering were obstacles in battling the blaze that took a few hours to get under control.
He says Cairo and Eastwood firefighters helped contain the fire.
Hill reminds people it is fire season in West Virginia, so any burning before 4 p.m. and left unattended is against the law.
The West Virginia Division of Forestry is investigating the blaze.
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