PATRICIA BARRICKMAN DIES IN COLLISION - Collides With Truck In Wirt

(10/13/2003)

A Big Springs woman, Patricia Barrickman, 22, died instantly when her vehicle struck a dump truck on WV 5 near Burning Springs, Monday morning. Trooper C. J. Weekley of the State Police detachment in Elizabeth said Barrickman's 1997 Saturn went left of center in a curve about 8:30 a.m., striking the truck. Members of Wirt EMS and the Elizabeth VFD extracted the victim from her auto, said Trooper Weekley. Jerry A. Smarr, who was driving eastbound in a 1997 International dump truck, was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg. A report on his condition was unavailable. Authorities said Barrickman is the daughter of Scott and Judy Yost. Arrangements are incomplete at Stump Funeral Home in Grantsville.

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