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

DATE: SUNDAY, August 28, 1994                   TAG: 9408290056
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: MELISSA DeVAUGHN
DATELINE: ELLISTON                                LENGTH: Short

TEEN'S CONDITION CRITICAL

A teen-ager whose legs were severed when he was struck by a train Friday night is listed in critical condition at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

The 17-year-old, whose name is not being released, apparently was lying on the tracks near Elliston with his legs over the rail when an eastbound maintenance train ran over him.

Bob Auman, a spokesman for Norfolk Southern Corp., said the accident occurred between 9:35 and 9:40 p.m. Friday.

Lt. Jeff Hodges of the Elliston Fire Department said the young man seemed to be alone at the time. No one at the fire department knew the victim's name.

by CNB