Pilot survives crash on Hurricane Ridge in Mercer County
Dr Michael Shahan of Bramwell escaped a twin engine Ceneca crash with only scrapes and bruises after his plane struck a ravine on Hurricane Ridge near Bluefield. Firefighters extinguished a small fire as FAA investigators planned to be contacted. The pilot declined hospital care saying injuries were limited to exiting the aircraft.
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Bluefield
Hurricane Ridge
Mercer County
Robert Youther
Michael Shahan
Bramwell
Bluefield ‘Regional Medical Center
Princeton Community Hospital
Youther
Green Valley
Pilot survives crash near Mercer County Airport in dark woods
Dr Michael Shahan traveled with mud caked face and hands as he sat in a deputy's cruiser minutes after his Piper Ceneca plane clipped trees and crashed on Hurricane Ridge Road. Rescue teams worked in pouring rain under flashlights while Shahan credited luck or skill for the survivable impact.
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Michael Shahan
Mercer County
Hurricane Ridge Road
Shahan
Lewisburg
Clinton Strikes 11th Hour Deal To Avoid Indictment
President Clinton admitted under oath misstatements about Monica Lewinsky and surrendered his law license in a prosecutors deal ending a six year pursuit. He called for closure and finality as his presidency neared its end, with Ray dropping charges after a $55 million inquiry.
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Ashington
Clinton
Monica Lewinsky
Miners gain Medicare drug benefit amid health plan save
President Clinton and Donna Shalala secure a three year Medicare demonstration funding to pay roughly 140 million dollars to the United Mine Workers Combined Benefit Fund for an outpatient prescription drug program. The plan covers 17 000 retired miners and widows in West Virginia and 40 000 other coal retirees nationwide. Senator Rockefeller called it the best news in years and said it protects beneficiaries while proving Medicare can support outpatient drugs.
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Princeton
Clinton
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Donna Shalala
U.S
Jay Rockefeller
Medicare
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
O Rockefeller
Mercer man dies in embankment collapse on Route 16
Ronald Phillips, 33, of Mercer County, died after his vehicle toppled from an embankment into a creek along Route 16 at Newhall in McDowell County. Police say the crash occurred Thursday night as the westbound car attempted a left turn on a hill, misjudged the bend, and went into the embankment. witness accounts and responders supported the investigation.
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Welch
McDowell County
Sheriff's Department
Route 16
Newhall
T.E. Vineyard
Ronald Phillips
Tch
Vineyard
Cpl. T.W. Vance
Mercer County
Cucumber Creek Hollow
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Robert Ray
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McDowell County Ambulance Authority
Tazewell Community Hospital
Virginia
Cole Wissa
NMAC
Mercer Mall
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Beverly Hills
John Edmundson
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