Evening star., 1937-08-02
WEEK END TRAFFIC
K|LLS4, INJURIES IS
Fog Blinds Drivers and
Woman Loses Life in Crash
on Lee Highway.

Automobile accidents In nearby
Virginia yesterday and early today
took 2 lives and sent IA persons
to hospitals, While mishaps in s,lbur-
ban Maryland and Washington re-
suited in injuries to others.
Those killed We're Mrs. Martha P.
Dangers, "a, Of Philadelphia, pro-
nounced dead at Georgetown Hospi-
tai where she was brought early to-
day after a head-on collision on the
Lee Highway near Centerville. and
Miss Hazel Sheppard. II, of Green's
boro, N. c., fatally hurt in a smash
up on Route No. at the railroad
underpass near Pohick yesterday.
Another was killed in an earlier
weekend accident near Fredericks-
burg, where Mary Brenner, 50, of
Alexandria, Va, mother of Alexan-
dria Policeman Robert Brenner. was
fatally injured In a crash late Sat-
urday.
Five persons were hurt. one criti-
cally, in the collision which took the
life OF Mrs. Dangers. They include
the dead woman's husband, Fred
Dangers, a. admitted to Georgetown
Hospital with extensive lacerations
Mrs. Bessie Schmehl, also of Phila-
delphia. who was riding with the Dan
gers, treated at Alexandra Hospital
for head cuts. Steve Bollo, 81, OF Toms
Creek, Va, released from Georgetown
Hospital after treatment for possible
internal injuries; Miss Tillie Bartha
%. Toms Creek. suffering a possible
fracture, and Julius Bollo. II, Toms
Creek, in a critical condition with a
skull fracture. both treated at Alex
andria Hospital.
Drivers Blinded by Fog.
According to Fairfax County police,
the drivers of the two machines, Dan
gers and Joseph Bollo. 10. were
blinded by a heavy, early-morning fog
Miss Sheppard was killed when the
car in which she was riding careened
into an abutment of the Richmond
Fredericksburg g. Potomac Railroad
underpass. Critically injured in the
crash was Miss Pauline Painter, 2l
also Of Greensboro, treated at Alexan-
dria Hospital for fractured skull.
Mrs L. H. Sheppard, 81, Greensboro
sister-in-law of the dead girl ano
named by police as the driver, suf-
fered head and leg lacerations, while
Mrs. Sheppard's 3l-year-old husband
received fractured right knee. Miss
Bernice Bunting II, also of Greens.
| boro. suffered bruised ribs and shock
All were admitted to the hospital ir
Alexandria.
Five Seriously Injured.
Police said that Mrs. Sheppard ap.
parently lost control OF the car as il
approached the underpass. Her hus.
band grabbed for the wheel, State
Officer H. L. Robertson declared, but
was unable to keep the automobile
on the road as it crashed into the
concrete abutment.
Five young men were seriously in
| jured early yesterday when two car!
collided on the Richmond
Highway 4 miles south of Alexandria
William Elroy, 49, and Jack Night
| ingale, l8, both of Alexandra, received
| fractured skills and were treated al
| Alexandria Hospital. Alfred Simmons
| l8, also of Alexandria and named by
police as one of the drivers, suffered
fractured jaw, broken knee ane
fractured elbow.
Riding in the other machine were
George Carpenter, "a, of 1922 Eighth
street, who received broken leg ane
| shock. Police said he was operating
the vehicle. His companion, George
Kearns, "a, Of 1902 Eighth street, also
suffered a broken leg and shock.
Hit-and- Run Accident.
1sadore levin, 80, Of Chicago, wht
has been staying at the Hotel Hamil
ton, Fourteenth and K streets, wa!
admitted to Casualty Hospital with {
fractured arm last night after hit.
run accident on Tulip Hill road, neal
| Upper Marlboro, Md. The Marlboro
Rescue Squad took him to the hospital
Still unidentified at Casualty Hos
pital today was 50-year-old colorec
man who was killed when struck by
car on the Washington-Baltim
Boulevard Saturday night. He was
pronounced dead on arrival at the
hospital.
Two men were injured in COLO
sion at Saratoga street and Phila-
delphia avenue, Takoma Park, Md.
last night. John A. Perry, TOT Twenty
second street, and Ray Heiner, 80, OF
148 Grant avenue, Takoma Park, suf-
fered cuts on the head and were
treated in Washington Sanitarium
Their car struck the rear Of a cal
owned by Donald D. Wallace, %, OF
107 Baltimore street. Takoma Park
| when he stonned for a traffc SiQnal