Evening star., 1938-03-07
I DIE IN TRAFFIC
OVER WEEK END;
1BURNS TODEATH
Many Accidents in Maryland
and virginia-0nIy One
Hurt in District.
TRUCK CRASHES INTO
PARKED AUTOMOBILE
5000 Gallons of Gasoline Catch
Fire When Vehicle Drops
Down Embankment.

Six men, two Of them trapped
IN flaming gasoline, were killed and
. 16-year-old boy was injured fatally
In traffic accidents on Maryland and
Virginia highways yesterday and early
to-day, while only one person was re-
ported hurt seriously in the District.
The dead were:
James Benson, 16, Brookeville. Md.
Konstantinos Kokinos, 48, of the
100 block of L street NV.
Albert Painter. SIS. Harrisonburg, Va.
Pete Hickman, q, Front Royal, Va.
Luther Ramey, jr, %, Bentonville,
Va.
Howard Morgan, 54, plored, Great
Mills. Md.
Oscar Huffman, about 20, of New
ton, s. c.
Killed in Parked Car.
Mr.. Huffman was killed and two
others injured when truck operated
by Preston Y. Clark of Richmond. Va,
crashed into the rear of a parked car
in which they were sitting on the
Richmond-Washington highway near
Fort Belvoir, Va.
Mr.. Huffman's companions, William
Kroah of Johnsonburg, Pa, who is
stationed at Fort Monroe, and Ed
ward Bay. a civilian, from Rochester,
N. Y, were taken to the Fort Belvoir
Hospital. Both are suffering from in
eernal injuries. Mr.. Bays condition
was said to be serious.
The Benson boy died in Montgomery
County General Hospital early today
OF . fractured skull and internal in
Juries received when the automobile
IN which he was riding crashed into
= tree at Ashton, Md, last night.
Alfred Sims. 19, and Irving Parsley,
is, both of Unity, Md, were cut and
bruised
Mr.. Kokinos was killed when struck
By an automobile at River road and
Hume avenue, Alexandria, last night.
Police said he apparently had started
across the street to lunch room
after parking his truck Milton Rosasco,
18, of the 400 block of Eleventh street
Sc, said to have been driving the car
that hit him, was held pending an
inquest scheduled tomorrow afternoon.
Burned to Death.
Mr. Painter was burned to death in
the wreckage of gasoline truck near
Fairfax. Va, early yesterday. Police
said he apparently went to sleep at
the wheel. The big truck, with ca
pacity' of 5000 gallons, overturned
down an 8-foot embankment and
flames enveloped it so quickly that
passing motorists were unable to res
cue the driver, pinned in the cab.
Mr.. Hickman and Mr.. Ramey were
killed when their automobile crashed
into the side of the new bridge over
the Shenandoah River at Overall, Va,
II miles north of Luray. Mr.. Hook
man, trapped in the wreckage. was
burned to death when the gasoline
tank burst. Four other men, Jack,
Dan and Reginald Ramey and R. j.
Henry, all of Bentonville, were injured.
Mr.. Morgan, found lying beside the
road between Leonardtown and Great
Mills, Md, where he apparently had
been struck by hit-and-run motorist
early yesterday, died shortly after be-
ing taken to st. Mary's Hospital at
Ieonardtown.
Z The most seriously hurt in District
accidents was Robert Stone, 20, COL
ored, whose address was not known.
His skull was fractured in an auto
mobile collision at Eighth and P
streets NV. Charles Davis, %, COL
ored, $500 block of Utah avenue NV,
said to have been driving the car in
which Stone was riding, was held by
police for investigation.
-Four persons were hurt in a colli-
sion on Central avenue, near Largo,
Md, early today. Miss Rosalee Keen,
20. Of AS Third street NV, who was
driving an automobile owned by the
WildroSe Shores School, Annapolis,
Nd, received fractured ribs, nose and
jaw and other injuries. Wilson Logan,
., Of COOL Nevada avenue, and Mary
Duvall, 18, Annapolis, both students
ut the school, were hurt less seriously.
The driver of the other car, George
w. Stamp, 18, Bennings, D. c., was
injured slightly.
Injured in Bethesda.
} Edward Magruder of 4211 Leland
street, Chevy Chase, Nd, suffered a
compound fracture of the left arm,
cuts and bruises when an automobile
driven by Gilbert M. Payne of Hagers-
town, Md, struck him as he was cross
sing Wisconsin avenue in Bethesda
last night
Mr.. Magruder was given first aid
by private physician and then was
removed to Georgetown Hospital. Mr..
Payne was arrested by Maryland State
Police Corpl. James Miller on
charge Of reckless driving and was
released on bond.