Father, son killed in Berkeley County crash

HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — A father and son were killed in a crash Thursday morning in Berkeley County, state police said.

Kevin Lee Smith and Kevin Lee Smith Jr., of Hedgesville, were in a truck on Hammonds Mill Road at about 5:15 a.m. when it went across the center line near the intersection with Allensville Road and struck another truck head-on.

The Smiths were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the second truck, Calvin Hartley of Hedgesville, was seriously injured and taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, troopers said.

The Smith vehicle was traveling south, investigators said.





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