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

DATE: Monday, April 22, 1996                 TAG: 9604220198
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

DUCKS SAVED; CAR SOAKED

A man who told officers he swerved to avoid a mother duck walking her ducklings across the road paid for his efforts by driving his car into a lake.

The driver was not hurt, but his car was submerged.

The accident happened about 3:36 p.m. along Shell Road near Pandora Ave. at a branch of Lake Lawson.

Police are investigating the accident and said alcohol may have been a factor in the single-car wreck.

KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT TRAFFIC by CNB