Hit and Run: ; 5 Years Later, a Law for Erin

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A new West Virginia law increases penalties and jail sentences for offenders who leave the scene of a car accident where someone is killed.

The bill is named "Erin's Law" after West Virginia University nursing student Erin Keener, who was left for dead after being struck by a car and dragged about 80 feet outside a Fairmont bar in 2005.

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Hit and Run: ; 5 Years Later, a Law for Erin

Gov. Joe Manchin signed the bill (HB4534) into law Thursday.

Under the new law, if someone dies in a car accident, the person convicted of leavin...

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