Criminal charges following Route 2 deadly crash

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A deadly crash in February on state Route 2 in Cabell County has resulted in DUI with death charges against the driver.

Clinton Lee Walker, 35, of Huntington, was arrested and arraigned Tuesday night following his release from the hospital. Walker was injured in the crash that killed his father, Clinton Joseph Walker, 59, and injured Ashley Acord, who was a passenger in the back seat.

Acord told state police that both the driver and his father had been drinking before they got into the car. It’s alleged Clinton Lee Walker was driving about 100 mph. The car ran off the road and struck a tree.

Walker, who is also charged with DUI with injury, is being held on $550,000 bail in the Western Regional Jail.





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