WALLBACK, W.Va. — An Interstate 79 bridge and
nearby roadway in Roane County will soon be named after two West Virginia State
Police Troopers killed in the line of duty.
Governor
Earl Ray Tomblin will dedicate the two landmarks Thursday afternoon in honor of
fallen West Virginia State Troopers Cpl. Marshall Bailey and Eric Workman.
Both
men were shot and killed last August in a traffic stop at the Wallback/Clay
exit of I-79.
Joined
by the Troopers’ families, members of the State Police and law enforcement
community, as well as state and local leaders, Gov. Tomblin and Col. C.R. “Jay”
Smithers will posthumously award Cpl. Bailey and Trooper Workman with the State
Police Cross.
The
ceremony will take place at exit 34 at 2 p.m.
