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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, May 14, 1995                   TAG: 9505150088
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: BLUEFIELD, W.VA.                                 LENGTH: Short

HOMICIDE CHARGED IN FATAL CRASH

A Grundy, Va., woman has been charged with two counts of negligent homicide stemming from a May 4 traffic accident in Mercer County that left two other Virginia women dead, Bluefield police said.

Betty Hagerman, 47, remained in stable condition at Princeton Community Hospital with injuries she suffered in the accident, a nursing supervisor said.

Officer T.L. Simmons said Hagerman ran a red light at U.S. 52 and U.S. 460 just outside of Bluefield, and her van hit a car driven by Cynthia Wheeler, 27, of Wytheville.

Wheeler and her mother, Betty Coe, 49, of Austinville, Va., were killed. Two passengers in their vehicle were injured.

Simmons said Hagerman would be arraigned when she is released from the hospital.

- Associated Press

Keywords:
FATALITY 


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