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                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, November 14, 1996            TAG: 9611140026
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG
SOURCE: LISA K. GARCIA

FLOYD SUPERVISOR INJURED IN FALL

A member of the Floyd County Board of Supervisors was listed in stable condition Wednesday after falling about 15 feet from a house roof Tuesday afternoon.

The LifeGuard 10 rescue helicopter flew Donald Linkous, 39, to Columbia Roanoke Memorial Hospital about 12:30 p.m. Ford Wirt, the county's emergency services coordinator, said Linkous appeared to have an arm injury and possible internal injuries. A nursing supervisor said Linkous was in stable condition Wednesday morning.

Linkous, owner of L&W Contractors, was working on a house off Virginia 8 about a half-mile from the Montgomery County line when he fell, Wirt said.

Linkous was elected to the county board about a year ago.

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