Tractor trailer may have been involved in fatal accident that put vehicle in Cheat Lake, sheriff's office says
Video is previous coverage of this story from Jan. 28.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Monongalia County Sheriff's Office is now looking into the possibility that a tractor-trailer was involved in the vehicle recovered from Cheat Lake last month going off the interstate.
The body of missing man Kevin Lataille, 59 of Pennsylvania, was found in a vehicle recovered from Cheat Lake on Jan. 22. In a press release on Feb. 6, the Monongalia County Sheriff's Office said that Lataille was killed in a 'traffic accident' on Jan. 19, although details about the accident are still limited.
The release said that deputies are 'determining the level of involvement that a 2025 Freightliner Tractor/Trailer may have had' in the accident that caused Lataille's vehicle to go into the lake.
The sheriff's department's detectives and accident reconstruction team are conducting follow-up interviews, vehicle diagnostic downloads and further inspections, the release said. The investigation is ongoing.
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'This investigation has many unique variables which are time consuming to investigate but arebeing thoroughly looked into,' the release said.
This update comes the week after the sheriff's department told people on social media to be careful of 'false reports and rumors' about the investigation.
'We will not speculate,' the sheriff's office said Thursday, but it did say that more information will be released as it is confirmed.
Anyone with direct knowledge of the incident can contact the Monongalia County Sheriff's Office at 304-291-7260 or email photographs/video to info@monongaliasheriff.gov.
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