PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Wood County grand jury has returned an indictment against a Parkersburg man over the deaths of two people in a side-by-side crash last year.
Edward McComas III of Parkersburg was arrested Monday evening by Wood County Deputies. The indictment charged him with driving while in an impaired state causing death.
Investigators believe he was operating the UTV which crashed February 10, 2025 in the Mineral Wells area. Deputies were called to the crash site at 2:30 a.m. The crash claimed the lives of Chloe Barre, 22, and Joseph Lowers II, 23, both of Parkersburg. Deputies say McComas had left the scene to get help at a nearby home.
McComas is in the Northern Regional Jail in lieu of $200,000 bond.