The Virginian-Pilot 
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              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, November 23, 1995            TAG: 9511230555
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

BEACH MAN IS CRITICALLY INJURED IN WRECK

A 29-year-old man was critically injured in a car crash early Wednesday when he lost control of his Subaru station wagon on Indian River Road near the Stumpy Lake area.

Police said alcohol was a factor in the crash that injured William J. Meyers of the 3600 block of Sandfiddler Road in Sandbridge.

Meyers was driving east on Indian River Road about 2:20 a.m. when his car ran off the road on a turn, police spokesman Mike Carey said. The station wagon struck a utility pole and a tree, pinning Meyers in the car.

Rescue crews freed him. He was taken to the trauma center at Virginia Beach General Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.

KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT TRAFFIC INJURIES by CNB