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Update: Wayne County wreck claims life of Kentucky man

FORT GAY, W.Va. — A Kentucky man was killed in a vehicle crash early Monday morning in Wayne County.

The wreck occurred on U.S. Route 52 in Fort Gay at shortly before 6 a.m.

State Police said Braden Murry, 21, of Louisa, Kentucky, drove his vehicle across the centerline and struck an oncoming tractor trailer head-on.

Murry died at the scene. The truck driver was not injured.

An investigation into the wreck is continuing.





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