Evening star., 1930-12-10
STUDENT KILLED
BY TRUCK WHEEL
Youth Was on Way to Tech
High SchooI-Street
Cars in Crash.


While on his way to attend Tech
High School this morning, l6-year-old
William D. Veach of 00l L street was
almost instantly killed when thrown
from his bicycle beneath the wheels OF
heavy truck at North Capital and
Decatur streets. The driver of thf
truck, Roy H. Burwell, colored. 28 wears
old, OF 1888 Florida avenue, was held
at the second police station for a coro-
ner's inquest, probably tomorrow morn
ing.
Burwell and another occupant Of the
truck, William Hicks, colored, Of No
AZ Patterson street northeast, said the
youth peoaled from q filling station
driveway and somehow was thrown be-
meath q rear wheel as the motor vehicle
swung to turn right into Decatur street
while moving out North Capitol street
The wheel, Hicks said, apparently
passed over the youths body.
Dies ON Way to Hospital.
The truck was halted and young
Veach placed in the automobile Of Har-
ry H. Cohen of 927 Fifteenth street
The victim died en- route to Emeroency
Hospital. Burwel and Hicks tl1er
were taken to the precinct for uues-
tioning and to have the brakes tested
The test, police said, was satisfactory
The three-ton truck was the property oi
the Crane Co.
When young veach was not occupied
with his studies at the high school
where he was in his second year, he was
organizing routes and carrying one him.
thaI He Is Is. survived y 1 BY his mother and ia.
by an elder brother, Naylor Veach. and
an elder sister, Ruth Veacl1.
Two street cars were damaged, Q
passenger hurt and trafic interrupted
yesterday afternoon as q result of a
collision at Florida avenue and Fourth
street
One Of the cars was Of the one-man
type In charge of James Kendall of the
washington Railway & Electric Co..
while the Capital Traction car In the
collision was operated by Motcrman
Henry Cusick.
Woman Is Injured.
The former car was northbound on
Fourth street. while the latter was NOV
Ing west on Florida avenue. Lena
Levine, 38 years old, TIC g street north
east, passenger in the Capital Traction
car, received slight injuries. She was
treated at Garfield Hospital.
Eleven-year-old Harry williams, COL
OACus AOot MhtlOu SGIeeC, WQllS at play
near Iowa Circle last night was Knocked
down by an automobile Of Donald p.
Armstrong, 1904 Wisconsin avenue
Physicians at Sibley Hospital, where he
was taken in Armstrong; car, found
Harry suffering only from fright.
George Baden Pfeiffer, 10 years old,
4S3S Reno road, was arrested last night
by seventh precinct police and charged
with falling to give right Of way to q
police car responding to q fire alarm.
Pfeiffer, accompanied by his father,
was in motor truck, and q collision
between the truck and the police car
resulted in slight injury to the father.
The collision occurred at Wisconsin
avenue and W place. Pfeiffer was re.
leased on $40 bond for his appearance
In Police Court.
Aaron Bruce, colored, 81 years old.
OF 1418 Alabama avenue southeast: !:
William Green, IL years old, 1903 Fiji
teenth street: Ruby Brown, colored. 23
years old, 1744 Kalorama road. and
William Bennett, colored, IL years old,
1439 Duncan street northeast, were
other traffic victims yesterday.