Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, June 8, 1990 TAG: 9006080105
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: By Associated Press
DATELINE: HADENSVILLE LENGTH: Medium
State police Sgt. D. Hunter Hepburn said the eastbound van from Summersville, W.Va., ran off the left edge of Interstate 64, hit a guardrail, turned over at least twice and landed on its top in the median strip.
Hepburn said several passengers were thrown. The wreck occurred at 10:24 a.m. near the Goochland-Louisa county line about midway between Richmond and Charlottesville.
State police identified the dead girl as Stacy L. Alderman, 9, of Richwood, W.Va.
The injured, all identified by state police as being either from Summersville or Richwood, were taken to hospitals in Richmond and Charlottesville.
One woman, Jane C. Alderman, 28, was reported in critical condition at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals in Richmond. Six other passengers were in good or fair condition at various hospitals.
At Humana-St. Luke's in Richmond, one boy was treated and soon to be released and a woman was being evaluated and had not been admitted, a spokeswoman said.
Two other passengers were treated at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond and released.
The passengers were on a trip to Busch Gardens, a theme park near Williamsburg.
In West Virginia, Ron Welty, a spokesman for the Nicholas County Board of Education in Summersville, said the van and a chartered bus traveling with it were carrying children from two schools, Burch River Elementary and Muddlety Elementary.
Keywords:
FATALITY
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