Former WVU student pleads guilty to DUI with death

Posted on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 at 11:39 am    

A former West Virginia University student pleaded guilty this week to felony DUI with death for the April 28, 2009 drunk driving accident that resulted in the death of a 59-year-old woman. The accident occured when the ex-student’s car crossed the center line and hit the woman’s car head-on on Route 705 in Monongalia County. […]


State Trooper Struck by Drunk Driver

Posted on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 at 11:45 am    

A Ritchie County State Trooper was struck this weekend by a suspected drunk driver while speaking to the driver of another car he had pulled over. The officer is recovering in the Intensive Care Unit at a Charleston Area Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. Police say that while it is rare […]


Man Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving in Death of WVU Student

Posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 11:51 am    

An Oakton, Va., man pleaded guilty yesterday in court to driving under the influence during the events that led to the death of a 20-year-old Hagerstown student on the West Virginia University campus in Morgantown on February 27. The 20-year-old student died from head trauma after jumping onto the bumper of the defendant’s car and […]