WSAZ obtained multiple videos, some with cars and others with trucks, stopped on one side of the split and backing up into oncoming interstate traffic to get to the other.
She said after the fatal crashes, and now after seeing this incident, she has had difficult talks with her children about how a split decision can be life-altering.
Superintendent Dr. Paula Potter of Kanawha County Schools, the state’s largest school district, said her district’s loss of students could be attributed to multiple reasons.
In a letter sent to Flock Safety representatives Friday, four West Virginia lawmakers asked for a representative of the company to answer their questions in person.
After life-safety issues were supposedly resolved, WSAZ asked for proof in a re-inspection report. City officials said that kind of document doesn't exist.
Dennis Johnson, through his company Universal Holdings, owns 28 units that are not properly registered in the city’s residential rental registry, according to city records.
Inspection reports from two weeks ago detail numerous violations at each property, including broken fire alarms, missing fire extinguishers and carbon monoxide detectors, and unsound structures.
As students packed up their belongings last Wednesday, they told WSAZ that they had been telling property owner Dennis Johnson about the problems for years.
Work on the Pond Creek Bridge at the Jackson-Wood County line was supposed to be completed Aug. 18, in time for the start of the school year, according to WVDOT.
Under the new rules, four students can now live in the properties, but some students tell WSAZ they’re all moving out, especially with the uncertainty surrounding an upcoming reinspection from the City.
