MILLSTONE MAN DIES WHEN AUTO STRIKES TREE - Wes Murphy Dead At Scene, Brohard Man Also Victim

(11/09/2003)

1 PM - A Calhoun man was one of two victims of a car crash in Wirt County early Sunday morning. Wesley Murphy, 32, of Millstone was pronounced dead at the scene by Wirt County Coroner Greg Busch. The other occupant of the vehicle, John Lemon of Brohard also died in the accident. The victim's auto struck a tree on Munday-Brohard Road about 12:20 a.m. Sunday morning. The Elizabeth Volunteer Fire Department worked for well over an hour extracting the victims from the tangled wreckage. The tree was a few feet below the roadway, along a creek. Firemen used Jaws of Life and saws to remove the men , after the vehicle was pulled back on the highway by Mason's Towing of Elizabeth. Calhoun EMS dispatched two ambulances to the scene. A person not in the accident, reportedly a relative of one of the deceased men, was taken to a Parkersburg hospital suffering from chest pains. Sources at the scene said the vehicle was traveling north toward Brohard on county Route 51, about one and one-half miles from Munday. Funeral arrangements for Murphy will be completed at the Stump Funeral Home. Arrangements for Lemon will be made at the Metheney-Pomroy Funeral Home in Elizabeth. State Police from the Elizabeth Detachment are investigating. See earlier story in Hur Herald.

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