Evening star., 1939-12-23
Pedestrian Hit
By Auto, Dies;
Woman Held
Fotol Accident
Increases Years
TotuI to 80

ONou " w.
Robert E. Fetner. II. of 2231 Doug
las street NE. died about $3.50 am.
today in Casualty Hospital Of in
juries received when struck yester-
day by an automobile He was listed
by police as the SD trafflc victim
Of the year.
Mr.. Fetner was struck about $50
pm. yesterday while crossing in the
2800 block Of Seventeenth street NE.
Police reported he was about SIS feet
from the intersection when hit.
The driver of the automobile, Mrs.
Dorothy M. Fiste, 20, of Brentwood,
Nd, was held for action of the
coroner. Mr.. Fetner suffered head,
leg and internal injuries.
Man Badly Hurt.
Joseph Talbert, 66, colored, of the
$500 block of Fourteenth street NV.
was in critical condition at Casualty
Hospital today with injuries received
when struck last night on Four
teenth street near Clifton NV.
Mr.. Talbert was knocked down,
police said, as he stepped from
between parked automobiles. He
was being treated for fractures OF
both legs and internal injuries.
Two persons were severely injured
in automobile accidents in nearby
Prince Georges County, Md, early
today. Perhaps the most seriously
hurt was James E. Tippett, 4S, of
1889 Irving street NE, who is in an
undetermined condition at Casualty
Hospital with compound fractures
Of both legs and shock.
He was brought to Washington
from the Peace Cross at Bladens-
burg by the Bladensburg rescue
squad. Mr. Tippett was believed to
be the victim of a hit-and-run
driver.
The other person injured was
Pauline Nisley, 80, of Baltimore,
who was taken to Casualty Hospital
following an accident on the Balti-
more pike near Berwyn. She was
treated for head injuries. Her con-
dition was described as undeter-
mined.
Crash Involves Three Vehicles.
Two persons from Washington
and two from nearby Virginia were
injured near Marion. Va, yesterday,
the Associated Press reported, in
a crash involving Greyhound
bus, a truck and an automobile.
The car, police reported, crashed
into the bus when that vehicle
stopped to give assistance to the
crippled truck.
State Trooper F. L. Woolf said a
rear, dual wheel rolled off a Ruther-
ford Freight Lines trailer truck
travelling west and struck an auto
mobile travelling east A bus came
along and the bus driver stopped to
see if he could be of assistance. and
then an automobile. driven by
George C. Moore of Washington, D.
c., crashed into the bus, Trooper
Woolf reported.
Hurt were Mr.. Moore, with in
turies about the chest and face: Miss
Addie May Moore, %, of Fairfax
Va, lacerations of the head:
Charles Moore, %. of Fairfax, lac
erations of the face and hand
fracture, and Mrs George C. Moore,
Washington, shock.
The injured, all of whom were rid
ing in the Moore automobile. were
treated at Marion hospital and
all except George c. Moore were
still confined to the hospital last
night.
No occupants of the other three
vehicles involved in the mishap were
injured.
The accidents occurred near the
Smyth- -Wythe County line on U. S.
Route No. II.
Raymond Bayne. IA, of 3o4 East
Monroe avenue, Alexandria, Va,
was in serious condition in Alexan-
dria Hospital today after being
struck by an automobile yesterday
at Mount Vernon avenue and Lead
beater street in Alexandria.
Police said the boy ran in front
of an automobile driven by Robert
L. Casey, 25, of 1913 Cameron street,
who was not held. The victim was
reported suffering six broken ribs,
lacerations of the head and pos
sible lung injury.