September 16, 2008
W.Va. high school football coach charged in death
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BECKLEY, W.Va. -- Mount View High School head football coach Leon Steven Gravely is facing charges in connection with the death of a 70-year-old man struck and killed while riding his bicycle.
A Raleigh County grand jury indicted the 42-year-old Gravely on Monday on charges of negligent homicide, reckless driving, failure to maintain control and speeding.
According to police reports, Gravely's vehicle went off the northbound lane of the Coalfields Expressway near Sophia on March 13 and struck Charles Edward Williamson.
A message left for a Leon S. Gravely in Kimball wasn't immediately returned Tuesday. Mount View is located in Welch.
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