Evening star., 1937-01-11
TWO SISTERS DEAD
in TRUCK CRASH
NEAR ALEXANDRIA
Father in Critical Condition
I. After Being Pinned Hour
in Wreck.
SEVERAL INJURED
IN DISTRICT MISHAPS
7.Year.0ld Jean MacMullen Seri.
ously Hurt and Woman Suf.
fers Thigh Fracture.

Mine -year-old Myrtle James, colored,
Of Newport News, Va, died in Alex
andria Hospital early today, the second
victim of an accident in which her
8-year-old sister, Eunice, was killed
and their father seriously injured
last night
Meanwhile, several persons, includ-
ing 7-year-old girl, were in a serious
condition in hospitals suffering from
injuries received in automobile ac-
cidents in the District yesterday.
Paul. Turner, Glen Echo, Md, re-
ceived severe cuts about the head
today when his car was in collision
with q taxicab driven by James P.
Stallings, 81, Of 1888 Twentieth street.
Turner was admitted to Providence
Hospital.
The miShap which claimed the lives
of the young sisters occurred on the
Washington Richmond highway,
about three miles south of Alexandria,
when a truck driven by the father,
Mark James, 81, crashed into a tree.
Eunice was killed instantly.
Pinned in Wreckage.
The father was pinned in the wreck
age for more than an hour, and could
not be removed until Leonard beavers
of the Alexandria rescue squad had
cut through the brake pedals with a
hack saw. James leg was fractured
and his head injured.
The 7-year-old girl seriously injured
here-Jean MacMullen of Hillcrest
Children's Village, 4119 Nebraska
avenue-was riding in an auto which
crashed into a parked machine in the
1900 block Of Massachusetts, avenue,
police said. The child Is in Children's
Hospital with a possible fractured
skull.
Police reported the driver, Albert H.
Colvin. SO, Of 4o1 Fourth street. was
being held at the eighth precinct,
pending the outcome Of the girls in
juries.
Edna Ford, %, colored. 56 G street,
was seriously hurt when hit by a car
near the entrance to Mount Olivet
Cemetery. on Bladensburg road north
east. She is under treatment at Cas-
ualty for internal injuries, fractured
right thigh and cuts. Hugh c. Han
ger, 81, Of 657 K street northeast, was
driving the car, police said.
Hanger, held on reckless driving
charge, pleaded not guilty and de-
manded a jury trial today when ar
raigned before Police Court Judge Ed
ward M. Curran. Bond was set at
$500.
Injured In Collision.
A collision between two machines
at Fifth street and Concord avenue
sent Archibald Lindsey, So, of 58l5
Sixth street to Emergency Hospital in
critical condition with. possible
fractured skull. His car, police were
told. was in collision with one operat-
ed by Carroll Meyer, 26, of ITS N
street.
jeanette Doty. IS. of 1925 M street
received fractured left arm and a
broken leg when struck by an auto
driven by John Frank Austin, Is,
colored, 1919 Swami street, who was
charged with reckless driving. The
victim was taken to Casualty, where
her condition was described as un-
determined.
Hit as he was crossing the Balti-
more Boulevard in Colmar Manor,
Burley Duvall, II, colored, Landover,
Nd, was taken to Casualty for treat
ment for a fractured leg and possible
fracture Of the skull.
Three Youths Injured.
Three youths were injured and two
companions arrested last night when
an automobile in which they were
riding careened of Wisconsin avenue
pat Bethesda, Md. overturned and
crashed into three trees, a fire plug
and stop sign.
David Busey, Is, of 1850 Wisconsin
avenue, owner of the car, was cut
about the head and six stitches were
required to close the wound. Ber-
nadette Forney, II, of Baltimore. suf-
fered brush burns, and Jack Wolfe,
II, of 1926 California street, q cut
finger.
John L. Ely. 20. Of 1920 Ontario
road, said by Montgomery County
'police to have been the driver, was
arrested for reckless driving, while
George Hart, II, of 1910 Thirteenth
street, was charged with drunkenness
and disorderly conduct. Another &C.
cupant. Ruth Heinzerling, 16, also Of
Baltimore, was unhurt.