On Monday, Nov. 6, at approximately 4:40 a.m., members of the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a traffic accident in Fairlea. Responding officers would determine that a pedestrian was pushing a bicycle along US Route 219 North in Fairlea when they were stuck by a northbound vehicle. The pedestrian, identified as Matthew Ray Falls, 47, of the Fort Spring area, succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
Members of the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene/Accident Reconstruction Team responded to the accident, which remains under investigation.
Corporal M. T. Doss, of the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Department, is the investigating officer.