HARPERS FERRY- An 87-year-old Harpers Ferry woman was killed and two other women were injured in a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon on U.S. 340 North near Harpers Ferry.
Bettie Lee Bond was pronounced dead at Jefferson Memorial Hospital shortly after being transported by Jefferson County EMS from the accident scene, according to a news release issued by 1st Sgt. E.D. Burnett of the West Virginia State Police.
Bond was a passenger in a light blue 2000 Honda Civic driven by Elizabeth Auvil, 63, of Martinsburg.
According to the release, Trooper M.C. Harper of the West Virginia State Police was patrolling U.S. 340 North when he came upon a motor vehicle accident at the highway's intersection with Millville Road.
A yellow 2006 Dodge Charger was facing northwest and partially blocking one northbound lane of the highway, while the Civic was found facing southeast into a guardrail. Each car had sustained heavy damage, and the occupants of the Civic were trapped inside their vehicle, the release states.
Harper was able to administer first aid until EMS units arrived. Once the victims were extricated, Auvil was air lifted to Winchester Medical Center, while Bond was transported to Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
The driver of the Charger, Donna E. Sutch, 43, of Harpers Ferry, was treated by EMS at the scene.
According to police, Sutch was traveling east on Bakerton Road and was crossing U.S. 340 onto Millville Road, while Auvil was driving in a northbound lane of U.S. 340. The Civic crashed into the passenger's side door of Sutch's vehicle as she was crossing the road.
Police said Bond was not wearing a seatbelt.
Sutch was cited by police for failure to yield, police said.
Harper was assisted by Trooper T.S. Perry and Trooper C.J. Berry of the West Virginia State Police, along with Chief Donald Buracker and Patrolman M.T. Schul of the Harpers Ferry Police Department.
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