THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, August 22, 1994 TAG: 9408220119
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B04 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: HAMPTON LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
State Police have identified a man killed in a one-car accident on Interstate 64 Saturday morning as 23-year-old Robert T. Gates, a sailor stationed aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
Gates ran his 1989 Chevrolet Blazer off the left side of the Hampton Roads Center Parkway exit ramp at about 3 or 4 a.m., police said. The accident was reported at 7 a.m. by an anonymous caller. Gates was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to police, Gates' truck went 114 feet down a steep, grassy embankment and rolled over at least once. Gates, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown into the back seat and through a side window.
State Police spokeswoman Tammy Van Dame said police suspect alcohol was involved.
Police think Gates had spent much of the evening at Mitty's night club in Newport News.
KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT TRAFFIC FATALITY
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