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Trucker killed in Preston Co. wreck

AURORA, W.Va. — The West Virginia Public Service Commission is involved in the investigation of a fatal accident in Preston County.

Mario Alberto Garcia, 37 of Weslaco, TX, died from injuries he received in a crash on Route 50 at the bottom of Cheat Mountain Sunday, Sept. 18.

Garcia, working for Marco Transportation, LLC, was driving west in a tractor trailer flat-bed combination when authorities say the rig ran off the side of the road and overturned.

The Preston County Sheriff’s Office, Aurora Volunteer Fire Department, Rowlesburg Volunteer Fire Department and KAMP ambulance responded to the wreck.





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