Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Floyd County Boy Dies
Prestonsburg police report 8 year old Seth Lafferty died at Cabell-Huntington Hospital late Tuesday night after being involved in a multi-vehicle accident on U. S. 23 in Prestonsburg.
Police say his mom, Crystal Jarvis, had picked up Lafferty and his brother, Curtis Leslie, from Allen Elementary School where he was a third- grader. Jarvis was driving on U. S. 23 when a mini-van driven by Hiram Carroll turned from Town Branch Road into the path of her vehicle. Investigators say Lafferty, who was in the front seat and not wearing a seat belt, slammed into the windshield. Jarvis, Leslie and Carroll remain hospitalized.
Police say his mom, Crystal Jarvis, had picked up Lafferty and his brother, Curtis Leslie, from Allen Elementary School where he was a third- grader. Jarvis was driving on U. S. 23 when a mini-van driven by Hiram Carroll turned from Town Branch Road into the path of her vehicle. Investigators say Lafferty, who was in the front seat and not wearing a seat belt, slammed into the windshield. Jarvis, Leslie and Carroll remain hospitalized.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:23 PM 
