Body Recovered From Kanawha River

• {Charleston, West Virginia}...The body of state DEP mine inspector 30 year old John Robert Damron of Charleston was recovered from the Kanawha River in Charleston Sunday evening after the white Jeep Cherokee he was driving crashed into the river around 5:00 P.M. Thursday afternoon. Charleston Fire Dept. crews located the vehicle, with Damron inside, along the South Side Bridge, about 500 yards from where it originally went into the river, and tied a large cable to the vehicle and pulled it up the hillside to MacCorkle Avenue. Damron was a diabetic and had previously suffered diabetic shocks. He had an insulin pump installed within the past year. His friends believe the medical problem is what caused the accident.