David Beckwith

How they died

Vehic/Purs

Police said they chased a van driven by David Beckwith after they became suspicious it might have been stolen from a local house-cleaning business. The pursuit went through St. Albans and Nitro at speeds as high as 80 mph. The van eventually hit another other, swerved into oncoming traffic, struck a Volkswagen, burst into flames and crashed into a KRT bus about 6:45 p.m. Beckwith reportedly remained in the burn unit at Cabell-Huntington Hospital after the crash until he died on December 12, 2005. A woman in the Volkswagen suffered a fractured skull, pelvis and leg.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that David Beckwith, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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