
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, June 4, 1993                   TAG: 9306040233
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Kathy Loan
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

MONTGOMERY WOMAN CHARGED IN HIT-RUN DEATH

A Montgomery County woman has been charged with felony hit and run in the weekend death of another woman who was found dead Sunday morning alongside U.S. 11 in Plum Creek.

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office on Thursday charged Peggy Jean Bishop, 29, of Gallimore Estates in the Plum Creek area. She is accused of striking Myrna J. Clendenin, 43, with a car and leaving the scene.

Bishop was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for July 12 in Montgomery County General District Court.

Motorists reported seeing a body on the side of the road about 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Clendenin apparently was walking east toward Christiansburg when she was struck.

Sheriff Ken Phipps said Bishop's attorney, Max Jenkins, contacted the department and wanted to meet with officers.

Keywords:
FATALITY

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