Two Kanawha County firefighters are dead and two remain hospitalized after an accident Saturday evening on the West Virginia Turnpike. A Pratt Volunteer Fire Department truck was responding to a triple fatality car crash when their truck crashed en route.
Deputy Chief Rod Johnson spoke with the media Sunday afternoon to provide an update.
Firefighters Michael Edwards and Tom Craigo were both killed in the accident, according to Johnson.
Johnson says Edwards had 25 years of service as a firefighter, and Craigo had about 15 years of service with the department.
According to the deputy chief of the Pratt Volunteer Fire Department, one of the injured firefighters, Billy Hypes, is stable at CAMC General Hospital.
Chief Timothy Walker remains in the ICU with critical injuries.