CAR ON TRACKS Truck Rolls Over Hill, Driver Arrested
Reported by: Teresa Higginbotham
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Mar. 21, 2012 2:17 PM EDT
Updated: Mar. 21, 2012 2:23 PM EDT
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Cedar Grove
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
A train hits a car after the driver gets distracted and the driver is arrested.
It happened Wednesday morning in the east bound lane on Route 60 between Quincy and Cedar Grove.
Troopers say the driver, Troy Stumler, was distracted by oncoming traffic, lost control, rolled the car, landing near the train tracks as a CSX train was going by.
Stumler got out, but the Chevy truck was hit. Troopers arrested him after allegedly finding a loaded pistol and an assault rifle in truck along with methadone, Xanax, another other prescription pills in the car.
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Teresa Higginbotham
