DATE: Friday, September 19, 1997            TAG: 9709190815

SECTION: MISCELLANEOUS           PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: STAFF REPORT  

DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   30 lines

VIRGINIA BEACH WOMAN DIES IN COLLISION IN CHESAPEAKE

A 51-year-old Virginia Beach woman was killed Thursday morning in a head-on collision on Mount Pleasant Road, police said.

She was identified as Patricia Louise Michalski, of the 3800 block of Forrester Way.

The woman was headed west about 7:20 a.m. on Mount Pleasant Road toward Great Bridge when a Dodge truck hit her car, said Greg Rowe, a police spokesman.

The driver of the Dodge apparently hit the brakes to avoid striking a car that had stopped to make a turn in front of the truck.

The truck could not stop, and swerved around the turning car, hitting Michalski's car. A fourth, westbound vehicle - a truck - then hit the woman's car from behind.

She was pronounced dead at the scene. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

STEVE EARLEY/The Virginian-Pilot

Firefighters and police work at the scene of an accident early

Thursday morning in the 1800 block of Mount Pleasant Road in

Chesapeake. The accident shut down the road during morning rush

hour. KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT TRAFFIC FATALITY

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