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Police arrest driver accused of fleeing fatal wreck

January 24, 2008 @ 07:12 AM

The Associated Press

Herald-Dispatch.com

CHARLES TOWN — The driver of a pickup truck that went into the Potomac River faces charges of fleeing the scene of a fatal accident.


Kevin David Phelps of Harpers Ferry remains free on $50,000 bond following his arrest last week.


State Police say the truck ran off River Road east of Shepherdstown and landed in the river on Jan. 6. Susan Daley, 35, of Frederick, Md., was found submerged in water in the truck’s cab and is believed to have drowned.


Two other passengers escaped from the truck and were treated and released from a local hospital.


Phelps, 30, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in injury, according to Jefferson County Magistrate Court records.


There was no telephone listing for Phelps in the Harpers Ferry area. It was not known Wednesday night whether he has a lawyer.