Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, November 7, 1994 TAG: 9411070076
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: MATT CHITTUM and LISA GARCIA
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Benny R. and Deborah Davis, both 42, of Decherd, Tenn., were headed north on Interstate 81 near Marion at about 6:15 a.m. when Benny Davis lost control of the tractor-trailer and ran off the left side of the road, according to a state police report. The truck became airborne when it hit the median, slammed into a bridge abutment on Virginia 689 and burst into flames, the report said.
The couple died at the scene. Police were unsure if they died from the impact or the fire. They were not wearing seat belts.
Also killed on Virginia roads Sunday was Clifton Hudson Fairly, 35, of Richmond.
Fairly rolled his 1988 Toyota pickup on Route 661, just west of Christiansburg, when he ran off the right side of the road, swerved to the left and hit an embankment, according to the state police report.
The accident occurred at 2:50 a.m. Fairly was pronounced dead at the Radford Community Hospital as 3:25 a.m. He was not wearing a seat belt.
As of Sunday, 759 people had died in traffic accidents across the state.
Keywords:
FATALITY
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