UPDATE: WELCH (WVVA) – Authorities have identified the driver killed in Wednesday’s ambulance-coal truck collision in McDowell County.
Leigh Hebb, 53, of Mullens, was killed when the ambulance she was driving hit head-on with a coal truck on Route 83 near Raysal in McDowell County.
A passenger in the ambulance is in stable condition. The driver of the coal truck was uninjured.
WVVA’s Stephanie Crace will be in McDowell County today for a follow-up on yesterday’s deadly crash.
ORIGINAL REPORT: RAYSAL (WVVA) – The McDowell County Sheriff’s Department says one person is confirmed dead in a crash involving an ambulance and a coal truck.
The two-vehicle, head-on crash occurred around 1 p.m. on Route 83 near the Raysal area of McDowell County.
Deputies at the scene say the female driver of the ambulance was killed. The ambulance was from the McDowell County Ambulance Authority.
The driver of the coal truck was transported to Welch Emergency Hospital with injuries.
The McDowell County Sheriff’s Department is investigating.
