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men. 2. B. Sandidge, superintendent,
and Guy s. Dalton, assistant superin-
tendent, aided in identifying the in
jured and comforting distressed rela-
tives.
Both drivers are being held at the
third precinct station pending police
investigation.
Accident Ties Up Traffic.
Most Of the II passengers in the Cap
ital Traction bus were residents OF the
fashionable Chevy Chase and Cleve-
land Park sections of the city. Those
who escaped serious injury were badly
shaken by the crash.
Rush hour traffic was tied up by the
accident and the large crowd which
quickly gathered.
The Capital Traction bus, driven by
j. T. Turner, 6l5 M street southwest,
was southbound on Seventeenth street
at the time of the crash. The other
bus. operated by Louis H. Mealey, ~,
Of 1647 Lamont street, was proceeding
East on Rhode Island avenue.
At the third precinct station both
drivers gave accounts of the collision to
Precinct Detective j. W. Shimon. Turner
said the traffic light flashed from green
to amber when he entered the inter-
section. He was more than half way
across, ne related when the other bus
struck his vehicle on the side in rear
Of the center.
Tree Trunk Driven Into Bus.
The large Capital Traction bus was
knocked sideways, its rear end swinging
around and striking tree on Seven
teenth street just south of Rhode Island
avenue The trunk of the tree was
driven into the body of the bus. More
than half of the right side of the bus
was literally torn off by the collision
and the seats inside smashed. The
killed and injured sat on this side.
Mealey told Shimon he was going to
the company's garage at Georgia avenue
and v street He said he stopped at
Seventeenth street for red traffic light
and started off again in low gear when
the light flashed amber He said he
did not see the other bus until it was
directly in front of him. His bus suS-
tanned comparatively slight damage,
only the front being smashed. 1t was
moved from the scene under its own
power.
The Capital Traction bus was thrown
against truck parked at the east curb
OF Seventeenth street.
; Mealey was kidnapped last August 20
by an armed bandit who forced him to
drive his bus to Philadelphia. The
gunman boarded the bus at Fifteenth
and H streets northeast and at Cottage
City, after the last passengers had
alighted, drew a gun and ordered
Mealey to drive on.
Mealey said the bandit kept him
covered all the way to Philadelphia,
thwarting several attempts which the
driver made to signal operators of
passing automobiles and busses. The
gunman leaped from the bus and fled
was never captured.
Give Versions of Wreck.
Judge Given was supported by two
friends as he limped from the hospital
en- route home about an hour after the
accident. His head was bandaged, his
nose was cut and his left leg was stiff.
His shirt was bloodstained
II was on the Chevy Chase bus, sit
ting about the middle" Judge Given
told reporters. I'VE we're crossing
Rhode Island avenue at Seventeenth
street when a Rhode Island avenue bus
nlt Iiie rear Gnu VI Ihe pus was on'
The man behind me was killed. The
driver of the Rhode Island avenue bus
was going at terrific speed. 1 noticed
the traffic light in front of us. 1t was
green and amber"
Miss Kathleen Conlon of 1891 Con-
necticut avenue was on her way to
her Office in the Transportation Build
ing, where she Is employed as a stenog-
rspher. when the wreck occurred. She
was treated at Emergency Hospital for
a slight abrasion of the left leg.
"The Chevy Chase bus I was on"
Miss Conlon said, was going toward
town ON Seventeenth street. We were
crossing Rhode Island avenue on q
green and amber light when q Rhode
Island avenue bus shot out OF Rhode
Island avenue and tore into the rear