Evening star., 1940-09-20
Maryland Man
Is Killed in
.Head-0n Crash
Truck Set tAfire
In Wreck Near
Alexandra

Vincent w. Tabb, 43, civilian
tool and gauge designer at the
Washington Navy Yard, was killed
early today when his automobile
crashed into a tractor trailer laden
with drums of oil, igniting the truck
and starting a fire which destroyed
telephone lines linking Alexandria
and Lorton, Va.
The accident, 8 miles south OF
Alexandria on the Richmond
Washington highway, was the
second fatal mishap in the Capital
area in the past "a hours.
Howard King, colored, 81, a road
worker, was fatally injured when
struck by an automobile in Arlington
County, the first traffic death In the
county in 81 days, according to Police
Chief Harry woodward.
Mr.. Tabb, who lived at 2l6 Clark
street, in Northwood Park, near Sill
yer Spring, Nd, was en- route home
from Portsmouth, Va, when he was
killed, his wife said today. He was
alone in the car.
Sideswipes Another Car.
Members of the Alexandria Fire
Rescue Squad, summoned to the
scene, said Mr.. Tabb's automobile
sideswiped New York car, careened
across the road and crashed head
on into the tractor trailer. The ac-
cident occurred in front Of the new
Mount Vernon High School in Fair
fax County.
Max Lamkin, %, of Martinsville
Va, said by firemen to be the driver
Of the truck, and Julian Dease, rs,
Basset, Va, who was ricsag with
him, barely escaped from the cab OF
the tractor before 1t burst into
flames.
Flames from the oil were so hot
that telephone lines along the high
way were melted. Firemen said the
fire destroyed lines between Alex
andria and Lorton, but they were
quickly replaced.
Youth Held in Other Death.
Mr.. Tabb, whose body was re-
moved to a funeral home in Alex
andria, was native of Portsmouth
Va. In addition to a widow, he is
survived by his mother, Mrs. Julian
w. Tabb Of Portsmouth. Va. re-
tired school teacher. He had NO
children.
Prior to the death yesterday Of
King, the average trafic death
in Arlington County occurred every
% days.
King was said by police to have
been struck on Lee boulevard al
Glebe road by an automobile driven
by M.dford r. Pence, "a, of 622 I
street S.W.. who was released under
$500 bond on a charge Of reckless
driving.
The latest fatality brings to nine
the number of traffic deaths this
year as compared with eight for q
similar period of 1889 in Arlington.
Hyattsville Woman Hit.
Mrs. Lidia Umali. As. of 81 Nc
Kinley street, Hyattsville, Md, was
in Georgetown Hospital today with
possible hip fracture, suffered
when struck by a truck on the
East-West highway, near Chevy
Chase, Md.
Montgomery County police said
the driver of the truck, Earl c
Foreman, colored, 2lO0 block New
port place NV, ran of the roao
and struck Mrs. Umai. who was
standing on the right side of her
automobile, which was parked of
the highway.
The truck driver was arrested on
charges of reckless driving, made
quate brakes and carrying an i'm
proper license. Mrs. Umali was
taken to the hospital by the Bethes-
da fire rescue squad.
A possible hip fracture was suf-
fered by Marian Hall, So, of All
States Hotel, when she was struck
by an auto at Eighteenth and F
streets NV. late yesterday. She
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Thrown from truck he was un-
loading when another truck struck
it, Ernest Barnes, 33. colored, Of 40
Pierce street NV, received internal
injuries and arm injuries. He was
taken from the scene of the acci-
dent, Fourth and F streets S.W., to
Casualty Hospital
Boy Hurt on "Joyride."
An injured 15-year-old Washing
ton boy was being held today at
Casualty Hospital at the request OF
Prince Georges County Police, who
say he and three companions were
on a "joyride" in a stolen car when
they ran off the road near Upper
Marlboro, Md, early today.
The three other youths fled from
the demolished car after the acci-
dent The injured boy insisted he
was unable to furnish their names.
The automobile was stolen last
night from the Washington sales
agency Of Frank Small, jr., police
said.
County Policeman j. w. Siddall
said the 15-year-old boy, whose in
juries are not serious, would be
charged with illegal use of an auto
mobile.