An accident in Marmet claims the life of one man

One person was killed and another suffered critical injuries after a crash Monday morning in the Marmet area. 38-year old Keith Jenkins was killed after his vehicle crossed the center line and struck another vehicle head-on about 1 a.m. in the 7800 block of MacCorkle Avenue SE just past Charleston, according to a news release from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. The driver of the second vehicle, a 41-year-old man, was taken to a local hospital with critical injuries. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.