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Police: Cardiac problems may have lead to crash

March 20, 2008 @ 10:35 PM

POCA, W.Va. -- State police say cardiac arrest may have led to a fatal vehicle crash near Poca, W.Va., according to a recent press release issued by the West Virginia State Police in Charleston.

The vehicle accident happened about 1 p.m. Wednesday along Laurel Avenue near Poca. Investigators said Kathleen A. Dolin's vehicle left the roadway and continued down an embankment. The Poca woman's 1993 Oldsmobile struck a tree and stopped. She was pronounced dead at CAMC Teays Valley. She was 89.

Family members told investigators that Dolin had a history of cardiac-related problems.