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Name released in I-64 deadly crash

HURRICANE, W.Va. — Putnam County sheriff’s deputies say a Hurricane man was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his car Sunday night on Interstate 64 between the Hurricane and Teays Valley exits.

Keagan John Beasley, 19, was driving west at about 9:20 p.m. when his vehicle veered right off the interstate, hit and embankment and rolled several times. Beasley was pronounced dead at the scene, deputies said.

The overturning vehicle hit another vehicle but there were no injuries.

State police troopers and officers with the Hurricane Police Department assisted sheriff’s deputies at the scene.





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