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

DATE: SUNDAY, January 15, 1995                   TAG: 9501170080
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: LISA K. GARCIA
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

MONTVALE MAN DIES AFTER TRUCK CRASH

A Montvale man died Saturday morning after apparently losing control of his truck on Virginia 695 north of Montvale and hitting a tree.

Robert Harold Abshire, 48, was driving south about 6:30 a.m. when his truck ran off the right side of the road, according to state police. Abshire attempted to straighten out the truck, but overcorrected.

The vehicle went off the left side of the road and hit a tree.

Abshire was taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where he died at 8:02 a.m.

He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the report.

Keywords:
FATALITY

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