Evening star., 1934-08-16
Viruinian Killed in Crash of
Two Trucks Near Alex
andria.
MAN AND WOMAN DIE
AT HYATTSVILLE CURVE
County Policeman and Jailer Wit
ness Accident as Five Occupants
Are Hurled From Coupe.

Three persons were killed and eight
injured last night and early today in
traffic accidents on nearby Maryland
and Virginia roads, made slippery by
heavy rains.
The dead are M. S. Burroughs, Mid
land, Va; Oddie Bruce, 81, TOO block
of Hobart street, Washington, and
Mrs. Eta Tryer, 80, of the 300 block
of Eleventh street, Washington, the
last two colored. ...
Burroughs lost his life in collision
OF q light truck he was driving along
the road between Fairfax and Alex
andria, Va, with a heavier vehicle,
Calvin Heflin of Catlett, Va, who was
riding with him, received head in
jury, but was not seriously hurt, it
was said at the Alexandria Hospital
where both men were taken.
Their truck. going east, is said to
have collided with heavy truck
loaded with lumber, which was being
driven by w. B. Soucia Of Clifton
Station, Va. in the opposite direction.
Truck Reported Speeding.
A. L. Jameson of Warrenton, Va,
was the only witness to the accident.
He told Deputy Sheriff Henry Ma
garity and Capt. Haywood Durrer OF
the county police that Burroughs
truck was speeding. the officers said.
Jameson took Burroughs and Heffin
to the hospital. Soucia, who was un-
injured, was held by police pending
Investigation of the accident.
s Bruce and Mrs. Tryer were riding
in a light coupe which hit a trolley
pole at Hyattsville, Md.
Linwood Dishman, 33, 1700 block OF
u street; Leolla Carter, 81, 800 block
of Elm street, and Henry Edwards,
rs, no address given, all -colored, were
seriously injured in the same crash.
Miss Virginia Kelly, IT, Of Mount
Rainier. received compound fractures
of both legs when an automobile In
which she was riding left the Defense
highway on q curve near Collington.
Police said the car was operated by
Charles v. Jenson, 81, of Lanham
who was badly cut about the head
Both were brought to Casualty Hos
pital by the Bladensburg Rescue
Squad.
While the squad was on that case
the car containing the colored people
streaked past the Hyattsville police
station, failed to make the turn into
Rhode Island avenue, leaped over two
street car tracks and scattered its
occupants over the ties when 1t hif
the pole.
Summon for Ambulance.
County Policeman Albert Anderson
was forced to call the Casualty Hos
pital ambulance. Anderson and Jaile1
George Wiseman were sitting outside
the police station when the car passed
A similar accident occurred last
Spring when two Washington bank
cashiers were killed at the turn.
When the officer reached the scene
the car was empty, all Of its occu-
pants, including those in the rumble
seat, having been thrown out. Some
were found 25 feet. from the wreckage
Anderson said Dishman was driving
DiShman. Edwards and the Garter
woman all have possible skull frac-
lures. Justice of Peace John A
Downing will hold an inquest
August %.
Two Washington youths were seri-
ously injured early this morning when
the motor cycle on which they were
riding was in collision with an auto
mobile on the Lee Highway near
Maplewood Station, Va.
Several Fractures Suffered.
They we're Leonard H. williams, 18
of 1908 Thirtieth street, and San
Jones, II, of 1928 Thirtieth street
Williams received a compound frac-
ture of his left leg, fractured thigh
and a fractured ankle, as well as
lacerations. Jones left thigh is broken
and his skull may be fractured. The
condition of Jones is thought to be
particularly serious.
The motor cycle, ridden by the
boys, was in collision. police reported
with an automobile driven by Floyo
E. Kirby. Fairfax, Va. The cycle is
though to have skidded on the wei
road. The injured were brought tc
Georgetown Hospital in Washington
in an Arlington County police car.