LOGAN COUNTY, West Virginia — A Logan County sheriff's deputy was killed on Saturday afternoon, October 24, in a crash involving the deputy's cruiser and a coal truck at the intersection of West Virginia Route 10 and Rum Creek Road, between Dabney and Lyburn, the Logan County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Saturday evening, in reporting carried by Former Lawman.
The crash happened at about 4:30 p.m., according to WV MetroNews and WCHS, as reported by Former Lawman. The deputy was pronounced dead at the scene. Logan County's chief deputy told WSAZ the deputy was on duty. The deputy's name had not been released in the reporting available on Sunday.
A passenger who had been riding in the cruiser was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Charleston, the sheriff's office said. That person's name and condition had not been released. A dispatch timeline published by CrimeRadar described heavy entrapment at the scene, rescuers extricating a passenger and a helicopter transport to Charleston.
Source: CrimeRadar — Deputy dies in coal truck crash on WV 10 in Logan County (dispatch timeline)
Route 10 was closed between the Rita Mall area and Logan after the crash, with traffic diverted onto Hanging Rock Highway and other alternate routes while investigators and cleanup crews worked, according to the CrimeRadar timeline.
The West Virginia State Police are investigating the crash, the sheriff said. The cause had not been released, and nothing had been released about the coal truck driver, according to the reporting.
Source: Former Lawman, reporting the Logan County Sheriff's Office