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

DATE: MONDAY, August 7, 1995                   TAG: 9508070065
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: MATT CHITTUM
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

COLLISION INJURES CIVILIAN, WRECKS STATE POLICE CAR

A state police car was struck and destroyed Saturday evening as it pulled across a median in Christiansburg to pursue another car.

No one was seriously injured.

State Police Sgt. M.D. Dowdy said Sgt. Steve Chumley was headed north on Roanoke Avenue near the Cracker Barrel restaurant when the accident occurred. Chumley had seen a car headed south commit a traffic violation and turned to chase it, Dowdy said. But a van blocked Chumley's vision and he pulled in front of a car driven by Winfrey Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald complained of an aching knee, and was taken to Montgomery Regional Hospital, where he was treated and released, Dowdy said. His car sustained an estimated $1,500 in damage.

No charges have been filed.

by CNB