WOOD COUNTY YOUTH DIES IN HEAD-ON COLLISION - Dirt Bike And Truck Collide In Ritchie County |
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A Wood County man has died after a dirt bike he was riding collided head-on with a truck. The
accident occurred in Ritchie County late Sunday. Nineteen year old Jason Lee Sims of Waverly was reportedly not wearing a helmet and died at the scene of the accident. State police reported Sims had attempted to pass two vehicles on Volcano Road near Petroleum, when he met a truck driven by 32 year old Roger Pepper of McFarlan in a curve. Mr. Pepper was not injured in the collision. |