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State police investigate deadly Wirt County crash

ELIZABETH, W.Va. — A Pennsylvania man was killed Wednesday evening in a single-vehicle crash in Wirt County.

David Herbst, Sr., 54, lost control of the vehicle he was driving west on state Route 47 near Newark Road, state troopers said.

The vehicle crashed into an embankment. Herbst was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.





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