THOMAS, W.Va.
– An Elkins man
and two young children died early Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle crash in Tucker County
Troopers said Joshua Lee Watson,
20, of Elkins, was heading south on U.S. Route 219 near Thomas as 5:10 a.m.
when he went left of the center line and struck a large service truck that was
traveling north.
Investigators said Watson may have
fallen asleep and then tried to correct his vehicle before the collision.
The truck struck the car in the
side.
Troopers said Watson was killed
along with a girl, age 8, and her brother, age 7. State Police said the
man was the boyfriend of the mother 29-year-old April Miller of Elkins. Miller
and a third child, age 6, were taken to Ruby Memorial
Hospital
State Troopers said the family was
returning from a funeral of the children’s grandfather in Maryland
The driver and the truck and two passengers were not injured.
