CAR-TRUCK COLLISION KILLS CALHOUN WOMAN - Sharp Curve In Burning Springs

(10/14/2003)

A Big Springs woman, Patricia Barrickman, 22, died instantly when her vehicle struck a dump truck on WV 5 in Burning Springs, Monday morning about 8:30 a.m. The collision happened in a sharp turn in front of the Burning Springs Bed and Breakfast. Trooper C. J. Weekley of the State Police detachment in Elizabeth said Barrickman was traveling west in a 1997 Saturn, when the vehicle went left of center in the curve. 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. He is employed by Smarr Trucking. The dump truck was described as a total loss. Authorities said Barrickman is the daughter of Scott and Judy Yost. Arrangements are incomplete at Stump Funeral Home in Grantsville.

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