Monday, April 9, 2012

Fayette County Man Dies

{Minden, West Virginia}...Police, firefighters and paramedics were called to a residence in Rock Lick in the Minden area of Fayette County about 3:00 A.M. Sunday morning after 62 year old Gary Sharp apparently tripped over a kerosene heater, which caught him on fire. Emergency responders found Sharp with extensive burns to his body.  Sharp was taken to Plateau Medical Center and later transported to the burn unit at Cabell-Huntington Hospital, where he died of his injuries a few hours later.