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UPDATE: One Dead After Truck Plunges Into Clarksburg Canal

CLARKSBURG (CBS13) – One person is confirmed dead after a vehicle plunged into a Clarksburg drainage canal Tuesday morning.

The accident was first reported around 6:05 a.m. on Willow Point Road.

Firefighters from the Clarksburg Fire Department and CHP units responded and located an overturned truck in a drainage ditch with a body inside.

Rescue divers were called to recover the victim.

Investigators are looking into the possibility that alcohol may have been a factor in the accident.

The victim's name has not been released.

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