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A fugitive featured on America's Most Wanted is in critical condition in a Roanoke hospital this morning.
He was captured in Roanoke County yesterday afternoon, after he wrecked his car, and apparently shot himself as police closed in.
Kate Weidaw has the details.
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((A week long search for 22 year old Terry Leon Boyd ended after he lost control of his car while exiting off of interstate 81 at the route 419 exit.
Boyd was featured on the television show America's Most Wanted Saturday night, he's charged with killing his step-grandmother and her caretaker earlier this month.
He was on the run in Roanoke county when the stolen car he was driving went into the median, blowing the front tire out.
Authorities say as Boyd got out of his car to change the tire other motorists stopped to help him.
But when police showed up, Boyd got into the car and grabbed his 9 millimeter gun.
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((CAPT. CHARLES COMPTON/STATE POLICE: A SHOT WAS FIRED WITHIN THE VEHICLE AND THE SUSPECT APPARENTLY SHOT HIMSELF.))
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But Boyd was still conscious -- officials were able to get him safely out of the car and arrest him.
Police say they were worried about the people who had stopped along side the road to help.
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((CAPT. CHARLES COMPTON/STATE POLICE: THE FRIGHTENING THING HERE IS THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD STOPPED TO ASSIST A PERSON WHO WAS CHANGING A TIRE.))
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Boyd was taken to Roanoke Memorial hospital where he has undergone hours of surgery.
Authorities from Washington D.C. will be coming down to make sure this is the man they have been looking for.
Kate Weidaw News 7 Roanoke County.))
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A trucker was killed when he was caught between two tractor trailers in the parking lot of a Rockbridge County truck stop.
It happened late yesterday afternoon at White's Truck Stop off Interstate 81 in (ray-FEEN) Raphine.
State police say the victim was standing between two parked tractor-trailers when one of the trucks pulled away and turned, pinning him against the parked truck.
He was killed instantly.
Police are withholding the man's identity until they notify his family.
No charges have been filed.
[7-E-Mills-Obit]
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One of Roanoke's television pioneers and a WDBJ anchor is dead.
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Dexter Mills passed away Saturday at a Roanoke hospital.
Mills began his career as an announcer on WDBJ's radio station.
In the 60's he became the first sports broadcaster to emphasize NASCAR and give the drivers the same press as other sports figures.
He ended his 43 year career as the morning news anchor.
Mills was 82 years old.
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Taking a look now at your Monday forecast...
Showers expected this morning, then partly sunny this afternoon.
Highs should reach the mid 70s.
Tonight, mostly clear with lows in the upper 40s.
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A man featured on America's Most Wanted over the weekend has been apprehendeded in Roanoke County.
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Terry Leon Boyd had been on the run after allegedly killing his step grandmother and her caretaker earlier this month in Washington DCTERMS.
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He is hospitalized in critial condition this morning at Roanoke Memorial after shooting himself when police closed in on him yesterday.
Authorities say Boyd was changing his tire on Interstate 81, when police showed up.
He then got into his car and grabbed his gun.
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But Boyd was still conscious -- officials were able to get him safely out of the car and arrest him.
Police say they were worried about the people who had stopped along side the road to help.
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Boyd was taken to Roanoke Memorial hospital where he is listed in critical condition following surgery.
Authorities from Washington D.C. will be in Roanoke County today to make a positive I-D.
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[45-E-Rt-114]
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You may notice a slower traffic pattern these days on one of
of Montgomery County's busiest roads.
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At least that's the hope of local law enforcement.
In recent weeks, sheriff's officials have beefed up patrols along Route 114 between Christiansburg and Fairlawn.
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((SGT. DAVID BOLEJACK/MONTGOMERY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: WE VARIED THE TIMES THAT THEY WERE OUT THERE AND SOME OFFICERS WERE OUT THERE, SOME IN THE MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING, WE TRIED TO TARGET ALL DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.))
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Over the past two months, sheriff's deputies have written 201 tickets along Route 114, mostly for speeding.
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Residents have been hoping for something like this for several years now-- in hopes of avoiding accidents and fatalities-- such as those they've witnessed in the past.
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((MABEL STANGER/ROUTE 114 RESIDENT: I THINK PEOPLE ARE MORE CONSCIOUS THAT THERE IS SOMEONE PATROLLING AND I THINK IT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE, VERY MUCH.))
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The increased patrols were made possible by a federal highway safety grant-- which just ended.
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[45-Bedford-Farm]
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The Bedford County Board of Supervisors is expected to decide this week whether to purchase a contaminated dairy farm.
Tests indicate that water at the 150 acre Rocky Knoll Dairy Farm was contaminated by a near by 40-acre landfill that closed in 1993.
The county condemned eight-and-a-quarter acres of the farm to drill test wells last spring.
Several cancer-causing agents were found.
The farm's owners Danny and Jimmy Adams have filed two lawsuits stemming from the contamination. Bedford supervisors previously turned down the owners' offer to sell the land for one-point-eight (M) million dollars.
A county-hired appraiser said it's worth 650-thousand dollars.
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Taking a break from the news now to check the forecast...
Morning fog and showers will give way to partly sunny skies and highs near 75.
Becoming mostly clear overnight, with lows dropping into the upper 40s.
The five day outlook is mostly sunny for tomorrow...with increasing clouds on Wednesday and a good- looking weekend.
Highs in the 60s and 70s.
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[8-E-Fugitive-Captured]
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He had been on the run for a week after allegedly killing his step grandmother and another person in Washington D-C.
Yesterday one of America's most wanted was captured in Roanoke County.
And this morning he's hospitalized in critical condition.
Kate Weidaw has the details.
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((A week long search for 22 year old Terry Leon Boyd ended after he lost control of his car while exiting off of interstate 81 at the route 419 exit.
Boyd was featured on the television show America's Most Wanted Saturday night, he's charged with killing his step-grandmother and her caretaker earlier this month.
He was on the run in Roanoke county when the stolen car he was driving went into the median, blowing the front tire out.
Authorities say as Boyd got out of his car to change the tire other motorists stopped to help him.
But when police showed up, Boyd got into the car and grabbed his 9 millimeter gun.
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((CAPT. CHARLES COMPTON/STATE POLICE: A SHOT WAS FIRED WITHIN THE VEHICLE AND THE SUSPECT APPARENTLY SHOT HIMSELF.))
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But Boyd was still conscious -- officials were able to get him safely out of the car and arrest him.
Police say they were worried about the people who had stopped along side the road to help.
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((CAPT. CHARLES COMPTON/STATE POLICE: THE FRIGHTENING THING HERE IS THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD STOPPED TO ASSIST A PERSON WHO WAS CHANGING A TIRE.))
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Boyd was taken to Roanoke Memorial hospital where he has undergone hours of surgery.
Authorities from Washington D.C. will be coming down to make sure this is the man they have been looking for.
Kate Weidaw News 7 Roanoke County.))
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A trucker was killed yesterday when he was crushed between two tractor trailors at a Rockbridge County truck stop.
It happened late yesterday afternoon at White's Truck Stop off Interstate 81 in (ray-FEEN) Raphine.
State police say the victim was standing between two parked big rigs when one of the trucks pulled away and turned, pinning him against the parked truck.
He was killed instantly.
Police are withholding the man's identity until they notify his family.
No charges have been filed.
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A decision is expcted this week on whether Bedford County should purchase a
contaminated dairy farm.
Tests indicate that water at the 150 acre Rocky Knoll Dairy Farm was contaminated by a near by 40-acre landfill that closed in 1993.
The county condemned eight-and-a-quarter acres of the farm to drill test wells last spring.
Several cancer-causing agents were found.
Farm owners Danny and Jimmy Adams have filed two lawsuits stemming from the contamination.
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Let's take one more look a the Monday forecast this morning...
Isolated light showers early in the day...then skies will turn partly sunny with highs this afternoon in the mid 70s.
Becoming mostly clear tonight, with lows of 45 to 50.
The five day forecast is pretty mild...with scattered showers possible again by mid- week.
Highs in the 60s and 70s.
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