Police responded to the crash in Raleigh County on Sunday evening and learned the driver of a gold Lincoln SUV involved in the crash had fled. A second vehicle was occupied by the driver, Sara Pettry, 30, of Naoma, and three juveniles, police said.
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A West Virginia man has been charged in a crash that killed a mother and her three-year-old daughter.
Pettry and her 3-year-old daughter died due to injuries suffered in the crash. Two other children, a 7-year-old female and an 11-year-old male, were hospitalized.
A crash reconstruction team responded and investigators identified Graybeal as a person of interest, police said.
Graybeal was hospitalized for injuries police believe he sustained in the crash after he was taken into custody. It wasn't immediately clear whether he has an attorney.