Article: STATE Briefs

Coach gets community service in fatal accident

BECKLEY - Mount View High School's football coach has been fined and ordered to perform community service on misdemeanor charges stemming from a fatal accident.

Leon Steven Gravely had pleaded guilty in August to speeding and failure to maintain control of his vehicle.

Prosecutors said Gravely's sport utility vehicle struck and killed Charles Edward Williamson as the 70-year-old man was riding his bicycle. The accident occurred in 2007 on the Coalfields Expressway.

Raleigh Circuit Judge H.L. Kirkpatrick on Monday ordered Gravely, 42, to pay two $100 fines and complete community service, which will be speaking engagements.

Gravely apologized to ...

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