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

DATE: SATURDAY, December 11, 1993                   TAG: 9312110200
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
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CHAIN-REACTION WRECKS CLOG I-81

Approximately 25 vehicles were involved in chain-reaction accidents Friday night on Interstate 81 near Ironto at the Virginia 636 overpass.

State police believe the accidents may have been triggered by a car going south in the northbound lane just before 6 p.m.

Trooper Harvey Spahr said state police received a call about a car being driven the wrong way, but none of the people involved in the accidents said they saw the vehicle.

No one was seriously injured, but traffic was slowed for nearly two hours, state police said.

One of the accidents involved 11 cars, according to Spahr. Troopers were called to at least two other wrecks - both involving six or seven vehicles, Spahr said.

by CNB