As the top vote getter among the council candidates in the May election, Carder will serve as Roanoke's Vice-Mayor. And a thousand bikers get ready to finish their tour of the East Coast after a stop in Roanoke. A weekend motorcycle accident in Roanoke has taken a deadly turn. Roanoke police have not yet released her name. She was a passenger as the motorcycle headed east on Shenandoah Avenue late Saturday night.
Police say it swerved to avoid a car stopped in front.
The victim was thrown from the motorcycle and hit a light pole. The man driving the cycle was also injured. No word on his name or condition. Investigators say the pilot of a small plane that crashed in Augusta County last year probably suffered a heart attack. The twin engine piper went down near the community of Deerfield last July.