Photo: GettyA West Virginia man who was stabbed in the neck and later caused a traffic crash is now dead.The victim, Thomas Cekada, was traveling away from an altercation that occurred with Scott Michael Hundley when he hit another vehicle, according toThe Herald-Mail, which cited the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.“These two are acquaintances, they knew each other, and there appeared to be some bad history between the two,” Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Victor Lupis said, per the outlet.Lupis detailed that both Cekada, 29, and Hundley, 28, had come in contact with one another at another location before Cekada drove off. He could not provide further details on the altercation due to the investigation being ongoing.A representative for the sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.According to Lupis, Deputy Will Wilhelm responded to a report of a traffic crash on W.Va. 9 East, which is also Charles Town Road, at 3:46 p.m. local time the day of the incident.There, Wilhelm found Cekada’s Ford Escape had crashed into a Dodge pickup truck. The driver of the pickup truck obtained non-life-threatening injuries, though further details were not made public, perThe Herald-Mail.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.At the scene of the incident, Wilhelm found Cekada with “a serious stab wound to his neck,“The Herald-Mailreports. He allegedly gave Cekada first aid until an ambulance took him to the hospital.Cekada was pronounced dead at Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson. Lupis toldThe Herald-Mailthat his body was sent to the West Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.Hundley, meanwhile, was charged with second-degree murder and being held on $500,000 bail in the Eastern Regional Jail as of Monday afternoon, according to jail records and police,The Herald-Mailreported.
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A West Virginia man who was stabbed in the neck and later caused a traffic crash is now dead.The victim, Thomas Cekada, was traveling away from an altercation that occurred with Scott Michael Hundley when he hit another vehicle, according toThe Herald-Mail, which cited the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.“These two are acquaintances, they knew each other, and there appeared to be some bad history between the two,” Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Victor Lupis said, per the outlet.Lupis detailed that both Cekada, 29, and Hundley, 28, had come in contact with one another at another location before Cekada drove off. He could not provide further details on the altercation due to the investigation being ongoing.A representative for the sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.According to Lupis, Deputy Will Wilhelm responded to a report of a traffic crash on W.Va. 9 East, which is also Charles Town Road, at 3:46 p.m. local time the day of the incident.There, Wilhelm found Cekada’s Ford Escape had crashed into a Dodge pickup truck. The driver of the pickup truck obtained non-life-threatening injuries, though further details were not made public, perThe Herald-Mail.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.At the scene of the incident, Wilhelm found Cekada with “a serious stab wound to his neck,“The Herald-Mailreports. He allegedly gave Cekada first aid until an ambulance took him to the hospital.Cekada was pronounced dead at Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson. Lupis toldThe Herald-Mailthat his body was sent to the West Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.Hundley, meanwhile, was charged with second-degree murder and being held on $500,000 bail in the Eastern Regional Jail as of Monday afternoon, according to jail records and police,The Herald-Mailreported.
A West Virginia man who was stabbed in the neck and later caused a traffic crash is now dead.
The victim, Thomas Cekada, was traveling away from an altercation that occurred with Scott Michael Hundley when he hit another vehicle, according toThe Herald-Mail, which cited the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
“These two are acquaintances, they knew each other, and there appeared to be some bad history between the two,” Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Victor Lupis said, per the outlet.
Lupis detailed that both Cekada, 29, and Hundley, 28, had come in contact with one another at another location before Cekada drove off. He could not provide further details on the altercation due to the investigation being ongoing.
A representative for the sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
According to Lupis, Deputy Will Wilhelm responded to a report of a traffic crash on W.Va. 9 East, which is also Charles Town Road, at 3:46 p.m. local time the day of the incident.
There, Wilhelm found Cekada’s Ford Escape had crashed into a Dodge pickup truck. The driver of the pickup truck obtained non-life-threatening injuries, though further details were not made public, perThe Herald-Mail.
Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.
At the scene of the incident, Wilhelm found Cekada with “a serious stab wound to his neck,“The Herald-Mailreports. He allegedly gave Cekada first aid until an ambulance took him to the hospital.
Cekada was pronounced dead at Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson. Lupis toldThe Herald-Mailthat his body was sent to the West Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.
Hundley, meanwhile, was charged with second-degree murder and being held on $500,000 bail in the Eastern Regional Jail as of Monday afternoon, according to jail records and police,The Herald-Mailreported.
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