DATE: Monday, August 4, 1997                TAG: 9708040147

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS 

DATELINE: FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.                LENGTH:   26 lines

2 HAMPTON ROADS MEN KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT

Two Virginia men out for a morning jog were killed Sunday morning by a motorist police said was driving without a license.

Two other joggers were also injured in the accident on U.S. 301. All four victims were visiting Fayetteville for a family reunion.

Johnny Barry Townsend, 38, of Fayetteville, was charged with two counts of death by motor vehicle, failure to reduce speed and driving with a revoked license, said Lt. Frank Vlasak of the Fayetteville Police Department.

Romie Stokes Jr., 48, of Chesapeake, and Reginald McCoy Harden, 37, of Norfolk, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Harden's wife, Michelle Ruth Smith Harden, 33, and his sister-in-law, Nannette Smith, 25, of Norfolk, were injured. They were treated and released from Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

Two passengers in the car were also hurt.

Police were investigating the possibility that Townsend fell asleep at the wheel. KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT TRAFFIC FATALITIES ARREST

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