PHILIPPI, W.Va. — A single-vehicle accident Sunday on the campus of Alderson Broaddus University in northern West Virginia left two people dead and five others injured, university officials said.
The accident involving seven people in a vehicle was reported shortly after midnight on the campus in Philippi. The small, private university said one current and one former student died from their injuries. Their names were not immediately released.
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“Our entire campus community grieves this loss, and we extend our deepest condolences to the families and hold them in our prayers,” the university said in a statement.
The statement said the injured were taken to hospitals, including three students and two people who were not students.
The university said no further information was being released immediately out of respect for the privacy of its students and their families.
Philippi police and West Virginia state police are handling the investigation.
