THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, October 16, 1995 TAG: 9510160027
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
State police on Sunday released the name of a man who was killed early Saturday when the car he was driving the wrong way on Interstate 64 slammed head-on into a tractor-trailer truck.
David Russell, 21, a 3rd-class petty officer assigned to the guided-missile destroyer Arleigh Burke, was killed when the 1987 Honda he was driving hit the truck just before 3 a.m.
The crash occurred in the eastbound lanes of I-64 near the Indian River Road exit. It's not known how Russell, whose hometown was not available Sunday, drove onto the interstate going the wrong way.
Police have asked that anyone who witnessed the crash or saw the car going the wrong way call investigators at 424-6800.
KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT TRAFFIC FATALITY by CNB