Man charged in fair road collision

MASON COUNTY. W.V.a. — A man is charged with DUI causing injury after hitting 5 people walking near the Mason County Fair.

Deputies allege Christopher Lewis Sturgeon, 40, was driving drunk when he struck the pedestrians near the fair’s front gate Friday night.

Four of the 5 were treated at Pleasant Valley Hospital. The other victim was flown to Cabell Huntington Hospital. Their conditions were not immediately released.

Sturgeon is in jail.





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