The Logan community is mourning the loss of one of its firefighters following a tragic accident.
According to City of Logan Fire Chief Scott Beckett, the department responded to an ATV crash on W.Va. 44 near the Honda Logan Motorcycle Sales in Wilkinson at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Beckett said Ernie Woods, 46, was driving his side-by-side back to Logan when he lost control and collided with a tractor-trailer type of truck hauling scrap steel.
Woods was pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident happened during the height of the West Virginia Freedom Festival when firefighters were busy working that event. Beckett said the department had to divert half of its crew from the festival to the accident.
Woods was a member of the City of Logan Fire Department as well as a former Logan police officer, working a combined 20 years for both.