KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. — A motorcycle crash in Jefferson County Sunday claimed a life.
Lt. Robert Sell with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department tells The Panhandle News Network that Law Enforcement and Fire/EMS were dispatched to Route 115 and the intersection of Old Creamery Place in Kearneysville just after 6 in the evening for a single motorcycle crash with serious injury.
The first arriving units found an unresponsive male in the yard of 55 Old Creamery Place and a black in color Kawasaki Ninja 500R with damage to the right side of the bike.
The male was identified as Carnedose T. Heggs, 38, of Martinsburg, WV.
Witness statements and evidence from the road indicated Mr. Heggs was eastbound on Route 115 when he lost control, crossed over the double yellow line and ran off the left side of the road down through the grass before making contact with a utility pole.
Mr. Heggs died as a result of the crash.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, West Virginia State Police, JCESA and Shepherdstown Fire Company responded and the roadway was shut down for about two hours for the investigation.
