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DATE: MONDAY, October 25, 1993                   TAG: 9310250110
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
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I-81 CRASH KILLS 81-YEAR-OLD FLORIDA MAN

An 81-year-old Florida man was killed Saturday night in a chain-reaction wreck on Interstate 81 in Botetourt County.

Gilbert G. Machon of New Port Richey, Fla., was northbound on Interstate 81 around 11 p.m. when the car he was driving ran into a jackknifed tractor-trailer just south of the U.S. 220 exit at Troutville, according to state police.

Police said that a station wagon in the left-hand lane of northbound I-81 veered into the right-hand lane, striking the driver's door of the tractor-trailer, causing the truck to jackknife.

No information was available on charges resulting from the accident.

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