KEVIN CHURCH INJURED BY ATV

(09/04/2007)
Kevin Church of Vaughan Road, a longtime employee of Frontier Telephone and a well-known Calhoun minister, was injured Monday morning at his residence, when he was struck by a run-away ATV.

Church was life-flighted by HealthNet from Pleasant Hill shortly after the 10:30 a.m. accident to Charleston Area Medical Center.

The ATV reportedly broke loose, striking Church and pinning him to a garage door.

Family members said he was released from the hospital later yesterday, suffering from multiple rib fractures.

Calhoun EMS and the Grantsville VFD responded to the incident.

A single-vehicle accident on Rt. 5 near the Calhoun-Wirt line at 3:20 p.m. sent one person to Minnie Hamilton Health System, the extent of injury was unknown.

Calhoun EMS and the Grantsville VFD responded.