ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, May 10, 1996 TAG: 9605100074
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER
A 17-year-old Speedwell girl died Wednesday after falling from the hood of a Jeep as the vehicle was being driven around the parking lot of a Wytheville apartment complex.
Alecia Denise Jenkins-Wilson was first taken to Wythe County Community Hospital, then flown to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where she died about six hours later.
The accident happened about 6:30 p.m., when Jenkins-Wilson fell while sitting on the hood and struck her head on the pavement at Northwinds Apartments.
She had been scheduled to graduate next month from Rural Retreat High School.
A 16-year-old boy from Speedwell was driving.
Police were still investigating the accident Thursday.
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