The Washington times., 1925-06-08
TOLL
Of TRAFFIC
IS HIGH
Colombian Diplomat Escapes
Injury When Car Is Wrecked
In Upset
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With thousands Of persons seek
ing relief from the heat over the
weekend by way OF motor vehicle
travel, a large number Of people
were reported hurt in traffic acci
dents and Raymond Lee, colored. OF
401 Twenty-second street northwest
was fatally injured when the auto
mobile he was driving at Twenty
third and Virginia avenue north.
west collided with a tree.
Lee was removed to the Naval
Hospital, where he died shortly after
the accident. Mamie Honesty, col
ored, a passenger In Lees car, was
removed to Emergency Hospital suf-
fcring from decorations. Her condi.
ton is not serious.
When the wheels OF the auto
mobile, driven by Senior Don Alfredo
Lozano. attache at the Colombian
legation, caught in A rut on Dahlia
street, near Alaska avenue north
west, the machine turned over, hurl-
ing Lozano and several occupants
Of the car into the street.
All escaped serious injury and
Senor Lozano was removed to the
legation at 1900 Connecticut avenue
northwest, in a passing machine,
suffering from decorations to the
head and face. 1is condition Is re.
ported not serious. The automobile
was wrecked.
Three men were injured In colli-
sions between automobiles and
street cars. Albert e. Ryan, Of 327
Eleventh street southeast, Is in a
serious condition at Freedman's
Hospital, suffering from a fractured
skull and internal injuries sustained
when the Carry Ice Cream truck on
which he was riding at Fourth and
p streets northwest, was in a col
lision with a street car. Coy A..
Haynes, 924 Sixth street southwest,
also an occupant of the truck, was
slightly hurt.
AS Ryan was knocked from the
truck, witnesses declared that one
Of the wheels passed over his body.
The driverless truck was knocked
upon the sidewalk, crashing into
the front yard fence at 401 p
street northwest.
In a collision with a street car,
operated by Robert C. Carter, w.
n. Gibbons, of 3537 Holmead place
northwest, occupant of the automo.
bile driven by John H. Underwood,
was removed to Casualty Hospital
suffering from a fractured rib and
decorations.
Ernestine Baggerman, colored,
thirteen, was hurt when she jump
ed from the automobile of Her.
bert Slaughter. colored. on Sumner
road southeast. Slaughter is being
held by the police. Elsie Dent,
colored, five, was slightly injured
when struck by an automobile In
front of her home at 104 M street
southwest.
In a collision between the auto.
mobile. driven by Eugene David
son, Of 1888 r street northwest,
and a rented machine, said to have
been operated by William D.
Vaughn, of 816 K street north.
west, Viola Dopsin. sixteen, of
Alexandria, Va, an occupant Of
the latter car, was slightly hurt.
Vaughn is said to have run into
the woods at Massachusetts, ave-
nue. and Wisconsin avenue after
the collision. The girl was treated
at Georgetown Hospital.
Samuel Elyard, OF Halpine, Ma,
was slightly hurt when the automo-
hile In which he was a passenger
WaA "a a collision with another ma
chine a, Sixteenth and M streets
northwest.
Wiliiam 'sn..rr. fifty-two. was
knocked down BY Washington
Railway and Electric stre,o+ car,
while he was attempting to OlS@S
the car tracks at Fourteenth and
Waters streets southwest. He was
removed to Emergency Hospital and
treated Tor scalp wounds