BRADLEY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – On Sunday, December 12, 2021, Miranda Browning was driving a 2011 Hyundai Sonota traveling south on US Route 19 – Corridor L just before Appalachian Heights Road. Bubbie Lee Smith was driving a 2016 Hyundai Accent traveling north on US Route 19-Corridor L in the same area.
Preliminary findings show the vehicle operated by Smith was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes at the time of the collision. It is undetermined at this time where the Smith vehicle began traveling in the wrong lanes of travel. It was also unclear why Smith was in the wrong traffic lanes.
The vehicles collided causing major damage to both vehicles. Both drivers were trapped in their vehicles after the collision. As a result of the collision, Bubbie Smith, 67, of Oak Hill, WV was pronounced dead on scene. Miranda Browning, age 22, also of Oak Hill, WV was extricated by fire department rescue crews and first responders. She was transported to Raleigh General Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries a short time later.
The crash in under investigation by Deputy J. E. Stover and Lieutenant Jason L. Redden. Bradley‐Prosperity, Mount Hope, Pax and Mabscott Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the scene as well as Jan‐Care Ambulance and HealthNet Aeromedical Services.
The investigation is ongoing at this time and there is no further information available for release at this time.
