ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, December 5, 1995              TAG: 9512050057
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

TOPSY-TURVY DAY|

LENGTH: Short :   30 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ALAN KIM/Staff. After overturning his rig while trying 
          to avoid rear-ending a motorist, truck driver Mark King, who was 
          driving a tractor-trailer for Kmart out of Greensboro, N.C., 
          contemplates the accident scene. Witnesses said the traffic lights 
          were not working when the collision occurred at U.S. 460 and 
          Virginia 314 (Southgate Drive) in Blacksburg Thursday just before 
          noon when King came upon a motorist who had stopped at the 
          intersection in the eastbound lane on 460. King also was eastbound, 
          heading for the Christiansburg Kmart. The driver of the car had 
          stopped because she saw cars coming off Virginia 314 into the 
          intersection. King, who was hauling 4,000 to 6,000 pounds of 
          inventory, could not stop his truck in time. To avoid hitting the 
          car and other traffic, King drove his rig up the bank and rolled it 
          over. "He did a good job with it," Blacksburg Police Lt. Bruce 
          Bradbery said. King crawled out of the truck and walked away; there 
          was about $35,000 damage to the truck. The road was partially 
          blocked until 2 p.m., and then shut down until 4 p.m. so the truck 
          could be righted and removed. color.