SAND FORK CRASH KILLS MAN

(04/07/2007)
A head-on collision on W.Va. 5 in Braxton County has left a Mineral County man dead.

Alan Dressler, 43, of Keyser, was heading east around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when he hit a vehicle driven by Debra Bush, 42, of Sand Fork.

Deputy Bryce Scarbro of the Braxton County Sheriff's Department said Dressler was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which happened near the Gilmer County line. Dressler was not wearing a seat belt.

Bush was transported to Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, Scarbro said.