Wayne County crash claims the life of an Ohio woman

A woman was killed and four others were injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday in Wayne County. Chelse Nicole Aldridge, 29, of Proctorville, Ohio, was killed in a head-on crash just before 4 p.m. Sunday along Route 37 near Wayne, according to a news release from West Virginia State Police. Troopers said Aldridge’s vehicle was traveling west when it crossed the center line and struck an oncoming vehicle. Eyewitness News said Aldridge was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the second vehicle, Marcus Seth Dearnell, was flown to a Huntington hospital with life-threatening injuries. Dearnell’s wife and two children were also taken to a local hospital for treatment. The crash remains under investigation.