Senator Greg Boso, R-Nicholas, and Senator Robert Karnes, R-Upshur, issued the following statement today about the death of Stephen Cogar, a 22-year-old employee at the Webster County headquarters of the Division of Highways:
“On behalf of the entire West Virginia Senate, we extend our deepest sympathies to the family, friends, and co-workers of Stephen Cogar. It is a sobering tragedy to lose one of our state employees, especially one so early in his life. May God bring peace and comfort to all who knew him, and our thoughts and our prayers will be with them in the coming days as they remember his life.”