WV- John Curtis Lucas, 45, died after EMS encounter and being dragged 2 miles under ambulance.

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‘Initial accounts differ’: Probe continues into death of man dragged by ambulance

Kanawha County, West Virginia law enforcement officials held a news conference, on April 21, 2026 to discuss death of John Curtis Lucas, of Clendenin, West Virginia who was fatally dragged in Elkview, West Virginia by a Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority ambulance, April 21, 2026.

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Father and sister discuss JL's history of TBI.

 

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Initial report. No knife has been found.

Man, allegedly with knife, dies after being struck, carried by ambulance in Elkview

A man, possibly wielding a knife, was struck by an ambulance early on April 16, 2026, in Elkview, West Virginia and later died. The incident began around 2 a.m. A man, John Curtis Lucas, 45, of Clendenin, West Virginia, wearing a trench coat, approached a Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance...

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Moo...from the first post. They could hear him screaming underneath, police on radio told them to stop. They did not stop, there is a trail of blood.