Speed may have been a factor in a crash that killed three people
Thursday just outside of Chapmanville on Route 10.
According to a news release from the Logan County Sheriff, Eddie
Mullins, went left of center crossing over into the on-coming lane of traffic.
Mullins is 27-years-old and from Chapmanville.
He was pronounced dead at the
scene along with his passenger Terry Fowler, who is 39 years-old and also from
Chapmanville.
The other passenger is believed to be Michael Johnson from Harts
who is 38-years-old.
Investigators were not able to make a positive
identification on-scene. The medical examiner took his body to make a positive
identification.
The families of all three people have been notified.
Shane Hoosier, who is 34 and from Harts, was in the path of
Mullins car. The Sheriff's department says Hoosier was successful getting out
of the way of Mullins but kept on going, grazed the guardrail and went into
south bound traffic hitting DeWanna Dalton head-on.
