UPSHUR COUNTY, W.Va. — A car crash took the life of a 19-year-old from Buckhannon early Friday morning and injured five others.
Nathaniel Beckner passed away at noon in Ruby Memorial Hospital following a head-on collision on Brushy Fork Road in Upshur County just in front of the new armory. Breckner was a passenger in one of the vehicles.
First responders from Buckhannon and Adrian fire departments needed to use a Jaws of Life tool to rescue the victims.
The drivers have been identified as 22-year-old Cameron Loudin of Ellamore, WV and 20-year-old Devon Hinchman of Buckhannon. The drivers, along with three other passengers, were taken to local hospitals.
There is no word on their conditions.