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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 23, 1994                   TAG: 9402230085
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: RADFORD                                LENGTH: Short

EXAMINER SAYS MAN DROWNED

A Radford man found floating in the New River near the Little River Dam on Monday drowned, a medical examiner has ruled.

Roby Allen Dickerson, 70, of Fuqua Street, was found about 2 p.m. Monday by a passer-by.

Dickerson's body was found behind the dam near a boat launch, city police said.

Dr. William Massello, assistant deputy chief medical examiner for Western Virginia, said Tuesday that Dickerson had drowned.

Police said they did not suspect foul play and that Dickerson's wife knew he was going to the boat launch. Massello said it appears the drowning was an accident and was not related to any health problems Dickerson may have had.

Keywords:
FATALITY

by CNB