Yesterday morning a hit and run crash was discovered on U.S. Route 60 west of Saint Albans, WV, at an intersection with Austin Drive. A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle. The vehicle fled the scene.
Since yesterday’s press release the Kanawha Bureau of Investigation located the striking vehicle, a GMC Yukon. It was located on Route 2 in Putnam County. A tip from someone who saw the vehicle and had heard of the pedestrian struck called to report the vehicle’s location.
The vehicle was towed to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office evidence processing garage. A search warrant will be sought to search for evidence within.
Investigators then searched for and found the registered owners. Several statements have been obtained from people involved (directly and indirectly) with the matter.
The crash reconstruction team is working on a report to determine several key pieces of information, such as the vehicle’s speed at the time of the crash and exact point of impact. This requires diagramming the roadway, and plotting more than 100 pieces of evidence located and seized at the scene, and may take some time.
When these investigative steps have been completed the information will be reviewed by the Prosecuting Attorney of Kanawha County to determine what additional steps may be taken. And staff with that office has already been involved in investigative decisions in this case, as is a common practice in investigations conducted by the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office.
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Corporal B. D. Humphreys
Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office
301 Virginia Street East,
Charleston WV 25301
desk: 304-357-0732 / cell: 304-951-7328
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