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

DATE: TUESDAY, June 29, 1993                   TAG: 9306290205
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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WOMAN RUNS STOP SIGN, HITS 5 CARS IN SALEM

A driver ran a stop sign at Delaware and 8th streets in Salem on Monday and hit one occupied vehicle and four others that were parked in the Certified Truck & Auto Service lot.

Salem police said the driver was an 80-year-old woman. The woman was not hurt and two occupants in the first vehicle she struck had only minor injuries, a department spokesman said.

He said the woman drove through the intersection without stopping and hit the vehicle. She lost control of her car, which then went onto the auto-shop lot. It damaged four parked cars and tore off the lower half of the garage door.

Police charged the woman with failure to stop for a stop sign.

by CNB