FAIRMONT, W.Va. ( WDTV /Gray News) – A woman in West Virginia was arrested after authorities said she killed a man by backing over him with a car outside a bar before leaving the scene.

According to the Fairmont Police Department, 59-year-old Donna Batson was arrested for the man’s death outside the Bellview Bar & Grill in Fairmont Sunday night around 11:40.

When police arrived at the scene, they said they found EMS tending to the victim. Police said the victim told a witness that Batson ran him over, but she was no longer at the scene, according to court documents.

The victim was taken to Fairmont Medical Center, but later died due to his injuries early Monday morning.

Police said Batson and the victim had gotten into a verbal argument inside the bar before being asked by staff to l

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