ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Monday, October 21, 1996               TAG: 9610210089
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-4  EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: DIANE STRUZZI

EMPORIA MAN TRYING TO WALK ACROSS I-581 HIT BY CAR, KILLED

A 45-year-old Emporia man was killed late Saturday as he tried to walk across Interstate 581 in Roanoke County.

State police said Richard Leo Thompson of Hampton Street in Emporia was crossing the highway just north of Peters Creek Road about 10:20 when a southbound car hit him.

The man was wearing dark clothing and the driver did not see him, police said. He apparently was trying to walk to a motel.

Thompson was pronounced dead at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

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KEYWORDS: FATALITY