Sweda v. Department of Highways

RULEY, JUDGE:

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on an unspecified day in September, 1979, the claimant was driving his 1972 Ford automobile east on City Crest Drive in Huntington, West Virginia. As he rounded a curve to his right, a truck met and passed him. At no time did the truck cross over the center line of this two-lane road. In passing the truck, the claimant dropped both right wheels off the pavement and both wheels struck a concrete culvert immediately adjacent and perpendicular to the pavement. The top of the culvert was level with the pavement, but there was a drop of six to twelve inches…