Evening star., 1939-10-01

Two Bystanders Hi
As Police Investigate
Earlier Auto Mishap
Victims Standing by
Flares; Roin BIumed
For Several Accidents

u0lSSf N0u 0I0uNSO
For Several Accidents
Two bystanders were run down
by an automobile on Maine avenue
S.W. near H street while police
lighted flares in the middle OF the
street to investigate 4 previous ac-
cident In which = eolored woman
was believed thrown from a moving
car.
The victims of the second acci-
dent were Douglas Royston, -. OF
Falls Church. Va, and Joseph
Kelly. news department employe Of
The Star. They were standing near
. lighted red flare when the auto
mobile struck them.
The driver. Howard Riley, %, Of
Alexandria, Va. told police he was
blinded by rain and did not see the
victims in time to avoid the acci-
dent. He was charged with reckless
driving.
Policeman Z. W. Allen, one Of the
investigators. narrowly missed being
struck as he was returning to the
middle of the street with another
flare when the accident occurred.
Was Crouched Over Light.
Witnesses said Mr.. Royston, who
had stopped his car near the scene
where the woman was thrown out,
was crouched over the light when he
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Mr.. Royston was admitted to
Providence Hospital with severe cuts
on his face, scalp and right side
He also suffered q fractured wrist.
Mr.. Kelly was hit in the abdomen
by = headlight and was struck by
one Of the cars front tenders. He
was knocked several feet In the air
After a preliminary examination,
doctors said he apparently had SUI
fered a bruised abdomen and wrist
cuts. Mr.. Kelly lives at 1921 p
street NV.
The colored woman, identified by
police as Loretta Perry, %, of the
240O block of Seventeenth street
NV. was said to be in 4 serious
condition at Casualty Hospital
Mr.. Royston had told police he
believed she WAS thrown from an
automobile which passed him shortly
before he heard the scream.
Trio in Two Crashes.
Three passengers in q Washing
ton bound bus were injured last
night when the bus in which they
were riding crashed into the rear Of
trailer truck on the Baltimore pike
near Bervyn.
The injured-Mrs. Glayds Fork
ner, 36, and Miss Helen Hamilton,
%, both of Kershaw, S. c.. and John
Wilson. Al, of 1l46 Seventeenth
street NW.-were shaken up for the
second time when the ambulance
in which they were being rushed to
Casualty Hospital collided with an
automobile at Ninth street and
Maryland avenue NE.
Mrs. Forkner, who suffered a head
injury, was in an undetermined
condition. doctors said. while the
others were not believed in 4 seri-
Gus condition although they were
admitted to the hospital for ohser-
vation, The car involved in the
ambulance collision was operated
police said, by Elizabeth Cross. 50,
Of the 900 block of r street NE,
who escaped injury.
Two Freed On Bond.
Prince Georges County police
charged the bus driver, Robert B,
Battle, 17o7 Capitol avenue NE,
and the operator Of the trailer
truck, James F. Jordan Of Hamlet,
N. c., with reckless driving and re-
leased them on 500 bond.
Police said the bus swerved to
avoid striking the truck, but crashed
into the left rear corner Of the
trailer.
Two children we're among others
injured in local accidents. Robert
w. Heeter, 3ia. Of 2ls Ninth street
SW., ran into the side Of an auto
mobile, police reported, in the 900
block of Virginia avenue NV. He
was treated at Emergency Hospital
for severe abrasions to his right leg
Bernice johnson. 20 months. COL
ored, $40 g street S.W., possibly
suffered brain conclusion when she
was run down by car near her
home. She was treated at Provi-
dence Hospital.
A spider was held responsible for
an automobile accident ut Third and
Madison streets NV. last night.
Harry D. Merold, %, of Takoma
Park. Md, told police a spider in
the interior of his car distracted
his attention long enough for his
machine to crash into the rear Of
another.
Mr.. Merold's 2-year -old daughter
Patricia was cut slightly on her
face when she was thrown against
the windshield. No arrests were
made.
Christopher Scott Of Oak Crest,
Md, was reported in IN undeter-
mined condition at Sibley Hospital,
where he was taken after an auto
mobile accident on the Baltimore
boulevard near Muirkirk, Nd. He
received severe head injuries and
a fractured left leg.
Struck by IN automobile near his
home, william Goldberg, Is, OF 1901
Wyoming avenue NV, also was in
an undetermined condition at Emer-
gency with back and head injuries.
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