KINGWOOD — The owner of Bubba’s Tire and Service Center was killed in a single-vehicle accident Monday on a homemade dirt track, West Virginia State Police said in a release.
Troopers L.S. Hall and Cpl. J.T. Wood said Cloyd W. “Bubba” Martin, 33, succumbed to injuries sustained while operating a vehicle on a homemade dirt racing track on his property at Percy Lane, Reedsville.
According to the release, a witness said Martin was driving a 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio convertible sedan in a counter clockwise direction on the track. The witness said Martin navigated a turn too sharply, causing the car to strike an interior embankment and overturn.
The accident was reported at about 6:45 p.m. Monday. Preston Sheriff’s deputies also assisted at the scene.
Martin was the owner of Bubba’s Tire and Service Center in Kingwood.
