WASH BRANCH — A Holden man died in a single-car crash Saturday morning in Boone County.

Robert Clark, 61, of Holden, was killed when he lost control of his car on a curve near Wash Branch in Boone County. Reports said Clark flipped several times before hitting a guard rail.

Reportedly, Clark was pronounced dead at the scene.

A report said Clark’s crash may have been due to slick roads caused by recent snowy weather.

The crash happened just minutes before a fatal head-on collision at the mouth of Garrett Fork on U.S. Route 119 when Charles “Charley” Adair pulled his vehicle northbound into the southbound lanes and slammed into a rock truck traveling south.

Adair died at Logan Regional Medical Center from the injuries suffered in the crash.

Adair, 83, lived at Garrett Fork and a witness said he had been to the Thornhill Ford dealership at the mouth of Garrett Fork to get an inspection sticker on his car, a maroon Ford Taurus, and was told the garage was closed. The witness said Adair was directed to another garage that was open just about a mile north of the Thornhill Ford dealership.

The witness said Adair pulled out of the car lot and never stopped as he pulled his vehicle into the southbound lanes and directly into the path of the oncoming rock truck, driven by Michael Farley of Chapmanville.

Healthnet was called in, but circled the crash site once then lifted back into the air. Adair was transported to Logan Regional Medical Center by the Logan Emergency Ambulance Service Authority.

As a result of the first crash, two other wrecks happened.

A rock truck following behind Farley’s rig tried to stop, but skidded into the guard rail near the first wreck. No one was injured in the second crash.

Then, a third incident in the northbound lanes sent the driver of a Chevrolet S-10 to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries. An 18-wheel coal truck traveling south was unable to stop and skidded into a parked S-10 pickup truck.

The S-10 suffered extensive damage, while the coal truck suffered only minor damage.