BUCKHANNON, W. Va. — Police have charged a suspected drunk driver in a crash that killed a man in Buckhannon.
Officers with the Buckhannon Police Department arrived at the scene in Liggett Addition off Route 33 Saturday morning and learned from a witness that Joshua Barton Foster, 33, of West Milford, crashed into another vehicle at around 3 a.m. and fled on foot behind a nearby Pizza Hut.
Moments later, Foster walked from behind the Pizza Hut toward police and admitted he was driving the vehicle.
While speaking with police Foster told police he had been drinking and took a drive to “clear his head.” Foster then began to stumble and was helped into an ambulance on the scene.
Foster was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he was reported to have a BAC of 0.242.
Foster has been charged DUI with death and is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $500,000 bond.
The name of the person killed in the collision hasn’t been released.
Foster is being held in the Tygarts Valley Regional Jail on $500,000 bail.
Story by Mike Nolting, WAJR