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House of Delegates Candidate Dies After Barbour Co. Tree Branch Incident

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A Barbour County man who was running for public office died after being struck in the head with a tree branch, according to the Barbour County Sheriff's Department.

John Rose, a Republican candidate for the House of Delegates, was checking the fence on his deer farm around 2 p.m. Tuesday and was trying to leave a field on his four-wheeler when a tree branch fell off of a tree and struck him in the head.

The tree branch killed him instantly, according to Barbour County Sheriff John Hawkins.