The driver of a pickup failed to negotiate a curve, over corrected and flipped a number of times. She was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. Alcohol tests are pending.
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A 25-year-old New Athens man was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle accident early Sunday morning. According to the coroner’s office, McGovern was not wearing a seatbelt. He was pronounced dead at 5:06 a.m.
Investigators believe a man killed in a single vehicle wreck Sunday afternoon was driving in excess of 75 mph when he crashed on U.S. Highway 1 outside Pinebluff. The wreck happened when the vehicle over-corrected and struck trees on the opposite side of the road.
A 19-year-old Garberville man was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI and hospitalized today after the car he was driving crashed near Ferndale. A passenger in the vehicle was also sent to the hospital with major injuries.
Wescott was taken into custody on suspicion of DUI after he lost control of a car he was driving and struck bushes, an unoccupied parked vehicle in a driveway, and an unoccupied house. Zachary Ryan Farroux, 16, was a passenger in the car and was not wearing a seat belt.
Chad Adamsky, 27, of Vintondale died shortly after midnight in the accident on Shortcut Road in Buffington. His passenger, Brittany Harrington, 19, was injured and taken to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, police said. She was treated and released. Alcohol is suspected as a factor, and an autopsy is planned.