The Virginian-Pilot 
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, July 20, 1994               TAG: 9407200479
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS                       LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

ACCIDENTAL DROWNING A 30-YEAR-OLD NEWPORT NEWS MAN WAS FOUND DEAD MONDAY IN THE JAMES RIVER, AN APPARENT DROWNING VICTIM. THE BODY OF MICHAEL D. WRIGHT OF THE 5900 BLOCK OF JEFFERSON AVE. WAS FOUND BY A COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL ABOUT 1,000 YARDS UPSTREAM FROM THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE, ACCORDING TO NEWPORT NEWS POLICE.

The fishing boat notified the Coast Guard, which recovered the body.

Police classified the drowning as accidental.

KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT GENERAL DROWNING by CNB