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Deadly traffic weekend in Mountain State; 5 deaths reported

STATEWIDE, W.Va. — It was a deadly weekend on West Virginia highways with at least five traffic-related deaths reported.

A Friday night crash on U.S. Route 60 in eastern Kanawha County claimed the life of Shawn Hancock. The crash took place in Quincy.

State troopers in Wayne County said a man was thrown from a vehicle and killed in a Saturday night wreck near Kermit. The victim is identified as Sammy Spaulding, 32.

According to police, a man jumped in front of a tractor trailer Sunday morning on U.S. Route 522 near Berkeley Springs in Morgan County. Ryan Christopher Ogden, of Berkeley Springs, was 44.

A crash on Route 94, Lens Creek Road, in Boone County Sunday left one person dead. The wreck happened at about 4 p.m. State police are investigating.

One person was killed in a two-vehicle collision Sunday night in Fayette County. It was reported at around 7 p.m. near the intersection of U.S. Route 19 and state Route 612.





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