Evening star., 1935-06-03
Six Seriously Hurt in Series
of ACCidentS-Year'S
Total 48.
HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER
INVOLVED IN CRASH
D. C. Youth Is Killed When
Truck Hits Tree on Fair.
fax Road.

The death of colored man here
'arly today raised to four the num-
Der of traffic deaths over the week emo
n the District and nearby Virginia.
At least six others were seriously hurt
n a series of accidents in the nearby
lrea, including those injured in Mary
and. A number of others received
minor injuries.
The dead are:
Cecil Lands. 18. 33l7 Dent place,
lilled yesterday morning when a light
delivery truck in which he was riding
,rashed into a tree on the Fairfax
Dad near Mclean. Va.
Mrs Anna B. Waldron, 81, 1929
twenty eighth street. injured IN an
ccident on Klingle road, May 9, who
lied yesterday.
Ernest johnson. %. the colored man.
If the 100 block Of Fourth street,
fatally injured when the automobile
n which he was riding was struck by
A hit-and-run machine and turned
over at Rhode Island avenue and
Ninth street.
F.. B. Sojourner. IS, Of Portsmouth,
Va, third pharmacist mate. United
States Navy, killed Saturday night in
A collision between an automobile ana
truck near Fredericksburg, Va.
Two other Washington youths
Allen. l6. 1905 K street, and
James Morris, 20, OF 1917 Dent place
we're seriously hurt in the crash in
which young Lands was killed. They
we're taken to Emergency Hospital,
where Allen was reported suffering
from numerous cuts about the head
and body and Morris from broken
bruises.
Exonerated at Inquest
Mrs. Waldron, the dead woman,
police say, was hurt when the auto
mobile in which she was riding with
Harold w. Lowrie. 81, driving, crashed
into a tree. Lcwrie. who lives at
3lO2 Thirty-second place. was exon
Grated today at an inquest into the
death. the cOroner'S jury declaring the
case accidental.
Two other colored persons were in
iured in the accident in which john
son, the colored man, was killed. They
we're Leomonia Fowler, 25. Of the
| 400 block of New Jersey avenue, and
Margaret Johnson, the 100 block of
Fourth street, both treated at Freed
mems Hospital, where their condition
was thought to be not serious. Police
are looking for the hit-and-run auto
mobile.
Four other sailors were slightly hurt
in the collision which resulted in the
death of Sojourner. They are all at
tached TO the U. S. S. Arkansas. now
at Annapolis, and were en- route to
their homes to spend the week end
at the time of the accident. John
Walker of Mount Olive, N. c., driver
Of truck which ran into the auto,
mobile containing the sailors. was
under $4,000 bond pending a
court hearing June 81. w. l. Cslucio,
driver of the automobile containing
the sailors, was given hospital treat
ment.
Other members of the sailors party
who were slightly hurt were H. F.
Videll and j. B. Broberg of Ocean
View, Va, and w. v. Carrigan and
J. H. Swank of Portsmouth. Va.
The two District traffic deaths
brought the official police count of
traffic fatalities here to 48 since Janu-
ary |. One other death. occurring on
a street car right of way. brings the
traffic toll here to 40. but the latter
death is not counted in official police
records.
7lYear-OId Woman Hurt.
A 7l-year- old woman. Mrs. Mary
Young. of 1913 F street. was cut and
bruised today when struck by a hit
and-run driver. whose machine was
proceeding the wrong way on G street.
a one-Way thoroughfare, at Eight
zenith street. She was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital, where X-rays were to
be taken to determine whether she
has an arm fracture. Police broad
cast a lookout for the hit-and-run
automobile. the driver of which was
believed to be intoxicated.
Wendell P. Prethstott. s. 125 Yuma
street southeast, suffered leg frac-
ture and cuts on the forehead late
yesterday when struck by an automo-
bile at First and Atlantic streets
southeast. He was taken to Gallinger
Hospital by Dolores Abellira. 20, 701
Yuma street southeast. who police
say was driving the car which struck
him.
Others injured in District traffic
accidents were:
Johnny Ciampo. 9. OF 7O6 Fourth
street northeast, who suffered cuts
and bruises when struck by an auto
mobile near his home; Grady Parson,
40. living at Soldiers Home, who suf-
fered cuts and bruises late Saturday
when struck by a taxicab at Ninth
and E streets; Bessie l.. FroffoSe, 48,
of 613 F street northeast. who suf-
fered cuts, bruises and shock late Sat-
urday when the taxicab in which she
was a passenger was in collision with
an automobile at H street and Massa-
chusetts avenue, and Ebert Cleve-
land, 10. of IA Leland street, Chevy
Chase, Md. who received foot injury
when struck by an automobile at
Connecticut avenue and Tilden street.
Receives Broken Neck.
A colored man, tentatively identi-
fed as Smith, first name unknown,
was in Alexandria Hospital today
with a broken neck, received last
night when the automobile in which
he was riding crashed into a con-
crete bridge pillar at Woodbridge,
Va The machine bore District tags
and two colored persons who were
with him, Charles Plummer and a
woman, we're placed in the Alex
Va, Jail pending investiga-
ton.
Province Henry. %. of East Falls
Va, suffered a skull fracture
last night when his motor cycle struck
a guard rail along the Mount Vernon
boulevard. He was treated at Emer-
gepcy Hospital, where his condition
was pronounced undetermined.
. Two women received minor injuries
when the car in which they were
riding was said to have been crowded