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Former West Virginia Delegate Doug Skaff was killed in a vehicle accident Tuesday, the West Virginia State Police confirmed.

Doug Skaff Jr., a West Virginia newspaper executive and former Democratic legislative leader, died Tuesday following an accident on Interstate 79. He was 48. Skaff was president of HD Media, which publishes the Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Williams told police the infant became unresponsive while he was bouncing him to try to get him to go to sleep, but he later said he threw the child “ out of frustration ,” causing the baby to hit his head on a bed frame and floor, West Virginia News reported.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — Former Kanawha County Delegate Doug Skaff died Tuesday. Specific details on his death aren’t available as of this publication, but the Kanawha County Commission said that he was in a car accident.