Williamsburg,WV : Names released in fatal wreck on March, Saturday 24th 2018
Williamsburg, West Virginia
West Virginia State Police have released the names of three people killed in a highway accident. Two firefighters who responded to the accident also died.
State police spokesman Capt. Reggie Patterson says in a news release the accident involving three vehicles occurred Saturday evening along Interstate 64-77 southeast of Charleston.
The statement says a car driven by 77-year-old Beatrice Patrick of Salyersville, Kentucky, was driving the wrong way in the southbound lanes when it struck another car head on. The second car then left the road and struck a disabled box truck.
Patterson says the driver of the second car, 49-year-old James W. Platte of Westphalia, Michigan, and his wife, 38-year-old Tonya Platte, were killed.
The driver of the box truck, 40-year-old Jordan Napoleon of Greer, South Carolina, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
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Names released in fatal wreck