McDowell County ambulance crash claims one – West Virginia

ATWELL – — The McDowell County Sheriff’s Department is currently investigating a fatal crash involving an ambulance near the community of Atwell.

Chief Deputy Mark Shelton of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Department confirmed at 3:15 p.m. that one person had been killed in a crash between a McDowell County Ambulance Authority ambulance and a coal truck. The crash was reported at 12:37 p.m. A deputy who is investigating the incident had not yet returned from the scene between the Raysal and Atwell communities.

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