Injured Driver to Ruby Hospital via Helicopter
Water Truck Falls From Marshall County Roadway
From an Article by Drew Parker, Wheeling Intelligencer, February 4, 2016
Dallas, Marshall County, WV – The driver of a large water truck was seriously injured Wednesday when a road collapse caused him to lose control on a hillside in rural Marshall County.
According to Sheriff Kevin Cecil, the department was notified of the accident at 10:53 a.m., when a passing driver, also on his way to Noble Energy’s Sand Hill station, noticed the truck had fallen over the guardrail on Number Two Ridge outside of Dallas, leaving the driver pinned beneath the steering wheel on the floor board.
The tanker truck, driven by an employee of C&J Energy of Houston, had been delivering water to the Noble Energy site, according to Cecil, who believes road conditions were to blame for the accident.
“The cause appears to be a soft shoulder on the roadway. The driver’s right side tire got into a soft roadway edge and collapsed on the side of the road,” Cecil said. “He couldn’t recover and the vehicle rolled over because the roadway collapsed.”
Cecil said no charges will be filed.
According to Marshall County Emergency Management Director Tom Hart, a medical helicopter arrived at the scene shortly after 11 a.m. to transport the driver to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown where he remains in serious condition.
Responders included the West Virginia Division of Highways and volunteer fire departments from Dallas, Stone Church and West Finley, as well as the state Public Service Commission and both Marshall and Ohio County emergency management agencies.
Hart said the affected section of Number Two Ridge, near Warton Hill Road, was closed for several hours following the accident, while crews removed the truck and dealt with road hazards.
“The Department of Highways will have to have to repair the roadway and reinforce the whole right shoulder,” Hart said. “The guardrail will need replaced as well.”
>>> WTRF Channel 7 News out of Wheeling also reported on this accident.
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Much of Crooksville evacuated due to gas-line leak in Ohio
From an Article by Jim Woods, Columbus Dispatch, February 1, 2016
Hundreds of people were evacuated in the Perry County village of Crooksville Monday night because a natural-gas transmission line was leaking.
A dispatcher with the Perry County Sheriff’s Office said problems were reported just after 7 p.m. with the line at Route 93 and Watt Hill Road on the outskirts of Crooksville.
Shortly afterward, the evacuation was ordered for residents within a half-mile of the line. That includes a good portion of the village of about 2,500 residents. Crooksville is about 60 miles southeast of Columbus.
The Perry County Emergency Management Agency and Red Cross set up a shelter at Crooksville High School.
The problem involved a high-pressure natural-gas line, according to the sheriff’s office. According to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, four companies have lines in Perry County: Columbia Gas, Southeastern Natural Gas Company, Foraker Gas Company and the National Gas and Oil Cooperative. At least three of those companies had investigators onsite Monday night. It’s unknown how long the evacuation will be in effect.
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