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Family in W.Va. crash with one dead and two injured
A McDowell County family faced a fatal Saturday crash on West Virginia 31 near Panther. Shirley Lorrene Damron, 61, of Rising Sun Maryland, died at the scene when her 1990 Ford crossed the center line. Oliver Blankenship, 37, of Panther, was hospitalized in stable condition alongside his teenage granddaughter Kim Day who remained seriously ill.
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