Evening star., 1936-11-13
WOPERSONS DIE
IN ROAD M|SHAPS;
SIX ARE INJURED
D. c. Man Held by Maryland
Police After Woman in
Car Is Killed.
TRUCK COLLISION FATAL
TO DRIVER OF VEHICLE
Park Policeman and Civilian Are
Hurt When Machine Runs Of
Richmond Highway.

A man and woman were killed In
trafic accidents near washington last
night. while six other persons were
reported injured.
There were two accidents in the
city, but police reported only one per-
son injured here.
As result Of one Of the fatal acci-
dents Maryland police are holding
Paul Ward, ~. a painter living in the
1900 block Of Wisconsin avenue, until
they can investigate q wreck near
Waterloo. Nd. which resulted In ths
death Of Mrs. Sarah Rocks, IS, Of
Baltimore.
According to police, Ward was driv.
ing with Mrs. Rocks about $3.50 am.
today. when he swerved to the side Of
the Baltimore highway to let q truck
pass. As he did 50, Ward said, he lost
control Of his car, the machine crash.
ing into tree.
Dies I'm Hospital.
Mrs. Rocks died N st. Agnes Hos
pital. Baltimore, where Ward was
treated for cuts and bruises.
The other fatal accident, in which
. truck driver was killed, occurred on
the Richmond Washington highway,
10 miles south Of here.
In still another accident a park po-
liceman and q civilian were injured
when their automobile ran OF the
same highway into q ditch near Alex
andria.
The truck driver killed was Ibra
Harmon. IS, Of Martinsville, Va He
died almost instantly as his mangled
body was thrown clear of the wreck
age.
Both vans interlocked in the almost
head-on crash, the impact being heard
by garagemen at Accotink, a quarter
mile away, who hurried to the scene.
Furniture loaded in one of the vans
was broken and strewn about the
roadway. General freight in the other
truck also was damaged.
In Critical Condition.
The injured are Carl Brent. %.
Burlington, N. c., who Is in q critical
condition at the Alexandra Hospital
with fractured skull, shock and other
injuries, and Harold w. Cecil, IS, Mar
tinsville, Va, admitted to the hospital
with severe shock and a possible frac-
tured leg. They were brought TO the
hospital in the Fort Belvoir ambulance.
Police said the trucks, owned by the
Bassett Furniture Co., Martinsville,
and Bonwell Bros, Burlington. N. C.
were travelling in opposite directions.
The furniture truck was practically
demolished.
Park Policeman Flem Burke, 81. 1922
Mount Vernon avenue, Alexandria, and
George Crawford, 36, 432 Hume ave-
nue.. were injured when their auto
mobile left the highway near its
intersection with the old Mount Yer.
non CUTOFF road, ran down an embank.
ment and into q ditch filled with shal.
low water.
Ofhcer Burke. q guard at Memorial
Bridge, and Crawford are both being
treated at the Alexandria Hospital for
brain conclusions and severe head
lacerations.
An Emergency Hospital ambulance
was put out of service while respond
ing to q call early today when it was
in collision with q truck at Eleventh
and K streets.
Except for being shaken up, the am
bulance driver, an inferno and the
driver Of the truck escaped unhurt.
The ambulance was driven by Ernest
A. Yates, As, colored, 50 Fenton street
northeast, and the truck was operated
by Frank Lambert, 20, Of Wood
stock, Va.
In another traffic accident, Mrs. Lula
Bowman, so, Of 708 r street received
scalp lacerations and other head In
juries. She was riding with her hus-
band, Brent Bowman, when their car
was In collision with another at Third
and r streets northeast. Bowman was
charged with operating with defective
brakes.