The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Tuesday, August 9, 1994                TAG: 9408090397
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

DEATH IS RULED A DROWNING

The medical examiner has determined that the West African exchange student who was found dead in a backyard pool Friday drowned accidentally.

Linda O. Tetteh, 20, a student at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio, was spending August with friends in the 5700 block of Avalon Woods Drive, police said. She was from Ghana.

Tetteh's body was found Friday afternoon when friends of the pool's owners stopped by for a swim.

KEYWORDS: FATALITY DROWNING

by CNB