
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, April 13, 1990                   TAG: 9004130654
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

6-YEAR-OLD ON BIKE HIT BY CAR

A 6-year-old Roanoke boy struck by a car Wednesday while riding his bicycle was listed in serious condition Thursday night in Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

A second youth was not seriously injured in a similar but unrelated accident Wednesday.

Mathew R. Reed, 6, of the 100 block of Courtney Avenue Northwest, was struck near his home about 5:45 p.m. by a car operated by Jeffrey Wayne Bower, also of Courtney Avenue, police said.

Bower, 27, told police the bicycle suddenly pulled into the road from behind a parked car. Bower tried to veer out of the way, he told police.

In the second accident, 12-year-old Alberto Tony Dillard of Salem Avenue was struck by a car about 9:37 p.m. Wednesday as he rode his bike in the 2700 block of Franklin Road Southwest.

The driver of the car, 21-year-old Dwayne Dean Deel of Hardy, told police that the youth cut into his path.

Deel, however, was charged with reckless driving and driving while intoxicated, police said.

Authorities said Dillard was not seriously injured.

by CNB