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Point Pleasant man identified in fatal Mon County crash

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Point Pleasant, W.Va. man has been identified as the victim of a deadly crash at the Interstate 68/79 interchange in Monongalia County.

Chester Allen Plants, 70, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Wednesday afternoon. Plants was going from I-68 to I-79 southbound when he lost control of the SUV, hit a guardrail and the vehicle started to roll. Plants was thrown from the vehicle.

His wife, Karen Plants, was a passenger in the vehicle and only suffered minor injuries.





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