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Cheat Lake boat accident under investigation

CHEAT LAKE, W.Va. — Deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department assisted the state Department of Natural Resources with an investigation into a boating accident that injured two elderly people Wednesday morning.

First responders were called to the Sunset Beach area at 9:30 a.m. and helped the couple in their 70s to safety.

The couple is being treated for unspecified injuries.

Mon EMS, volunteer firefighters from Cheat Lake and Brookhaven assisted.





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