THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, February 6, 1996              TAG: 9602060392
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Briefs 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

TOW-IN-SNOW INJURY

A teenager was injured Monday when he was knocked off an inner tube being pulled in the snow by a pickup.

Nicholas Moegenberg, 17, of the 100 block of Raleigh Drive was in stable condition at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Monday evening, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was being treated for a scalp wound, she said.

He was flown to the Norfolk hospital by emergency helicopter, said Suffolk police spokesman Mike Simpkins.

The accident happened about 12:20 p.m. in the Lakeland High School parking lot in the 200 block of Kenyon Road. The tube hit a curb and the teenager went airborne and struck his head on a tree, Simpkins said.

The driver of the pickup, Craig Taylor, 33, of the 200 block of Kenyon Road, was charged with reckless driving.

KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT TRAFFIC SLED INJURIES RECKLESS DRIVING by CNB