ROANOKE TIMES Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times DATE: Friday, December 1, 1995 TAG: 9512010051 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-7 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: JOHN GRIESSMAYER
A Roanoke man who fell off a roof Thursday was in critical condition at University of Virginia Hospital on Thursday night.
Skid F. Wheeler Jr. fell about 30 feet from a roof in the 600 block of 11th Street Southwest about 11 a.m., Roanoke Fire Capt. Jerry Sullivan said.
Ron Haskin, a UVa hospital administrator, said Wheeler suffered severe back injuries and is being treated in the neuroscience intensive care unit.
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