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2 people taken to hospital after airplane misses runway in Fairmont
FAIRMONT, W.Va (WDTV) - An ambulance took two people to Ruby Memorial Hospital after an airplane crashed in Marion County. The accident was reported at the Fairmont Municipal Airport at approximately 3:15 p.m., according to Marion County 911 officials. The plane appeared to have landed too late, missed the runway...
UPDATE: Officer in viral Monongah traffic stop barred from working in law enforcement for now
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - The investigation into Officer Nathan Lanham after a viral traffic stop earlier this month will continue for at least one more month. The West Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Program held a hearing with Lanham Thursday morning in Charleston and decided more information was needed before they could make a decision on the outcome of his career.
Bridgeport Police Better Equipped for Situations that May be Dangerous thanks to FOP and Blue Knights
The Bridgeport Police Department received some much-needed equipment, and it came from groups that regularly do honorable deeds for law enforcement. Earlier this week, representatives from the Blue Knights and Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Mountaineer Lodge #78 presented the city’s. police department with ballistic vests. The FOP consists...
POLICE: Fleeing female truck driver was intoxicated during chase
A female truck driver who crashed during a police chase after fleeing the scene of a first wreck was intoxicated at the time, court documents reveal. The August 28th incident started in Lewis County, West Virginia when 52-year-old Nele Thuening struck a blue Dodge truck and fled, leading police on a chase along Interstate 79 […] The post POLICE: Fleeing female truck driver was intoxicated during chase appeared first on CDLLife.
Plane crashes on landing at the Fairmont-Marion County Airport Friday afternoon, two hurt
PLEASANT VALLEY, W.Va. — A single engine aircraft crash landed at the Fairmont-Marion County Airport Friday afternoon injuring the pilot and passenger. Reports indicate a small aircraft with two aboard overshot the runway and went into some trees and down an embankment at 3:16 p.m. Frist responders had to use ropes and a patient basket to get the patients to a point they could be evacuated from.
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