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

DATE: FRIDAY, December 2, 1994                   TAG: 9412020036
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: PULASKI                                 LENGTH: Short

BEATING UNDER INVESTIGATION|

Town police are investigating the beating of a Pulaski man who was assaulted early Wednesday as he left his apartment.

Travis William Wright, 21, reported that as he left his Meadowview apartment at about 3 a.m., he bumped into three men. One of the men told him to say "excuse me," said Vanessa Hill, a Police Department spokeswoman.

When Wright said he was sorry, the man replied Wright was asked to say "excuse me" and the trio began beating him. Hill said Wright was kicked in the head, back and stomach, causing welts and swelling of his left eye and cheek.

Wright was treated and released at Pulaski Community Hospital.

by CNB