DNR Investigates Death Of Wetzel County Hunter
Hoy R. Murphy Jr., media representative for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, confirmed that a Wetzel County man died Monday, Nov. 20 while deer hunting.
Murphy said Kenneth Franklin Lafferty III, age 20, died in a “single subject incident while hunting deer with a rifle.”
Murphy said the incident happened around noon, and is being investigated by DNR Police officers.
Lafferty was a New Martinsville resident.
Murphy had no other details at this time.
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A Tanker truck lost control and ran off the road along Rt. 2, near Bob Evans in New Martinsville around 8 am on Christmas Eve. Responding to the accident were first responders from New Martinsville Fire Department, Emergency Personnel, and local police agencies. The truck driver just missed a utility pole and damaged a large section of guard rail. It was reported there was some fuel spillage which was controlled at the scene. “The truck was a tanker hauling TDI but only had residue in the tank. The only leakage that I’m aware of was some diesel fuel from a Ruptured fuel filter. Fire Units did place booms across Williams run in case of more spillage. The tanker truck was the only one involved and the driver was not injured., “ said Steve Yoho, Director Wetzel County OEM/E-911 in a message sent to the Wetzel Chronicle. No injuries were reported and traffic was controlled in both directions by local officials and emergency personnel.
