Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-25
Driver Is Killed
When Truck Skids
On Park Bridge
u Others Injured
In Traffic Accidents;
Hearing Set in Deoth

In Traffic Accidents;
Hearing Set in Deoth
Washington's 65th traffic fatality
of the year was recorded yesterday
when a 29-year-old milk truck driv-
er was killed as his vehicle skidded
against a rail on the Park Road
Bridge in Rock Greek Park. Twenty
two others we're injured in accidents
in the District area.
Alfred r. Gray, 2148 o street NV,
the truck driver, apparently was
approaching the bridge from the west
side when his wheels began to skid
and he lost control of the truck.
The truck, according to police,
smashed into the south rail of the
bridge, which runs over Piney
Branch road, and pinned Mr.. Gray
to the rail. His scull was crushed
and death was probably instan-
taneous.
The collision occurred at about
tbs am yesterday. The streets were
wet with rain.
At the same time last year there
were II deaths from traffic accidents
in the District.
Driver Is Accused in Death.
Hyattsville police charged, James
A. Johnson, 81, of Beltsville, Md,
S,opcloyyrhfar onI nAnApN-
Der % as the date for hearing
on the death of George Bayliss OF
Berwyn, Md, Saturday. Police al
legged johnson was driver of an auto
which ran into Mr.. Bayliss on the
Washington Baltimore boulevard,
near his home. He died in Casualty
Hospital.
Harry Grover, 66, of 1902 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc, was treated
for conclusion of the brain and an
injured knee after he was hurt in
a collision on Central avenue just
across the District line in Maryland.
Ruth Jones. IL, colored. $500
block of Sheridan road Sc, was
struck by an auto at Stanton road
and Nichols avenue Sc. She was
taken to Casualty Hospital and
treated for possible skull fracture
and conclusion.
Girl Ia, Is Injured.
Dorothy Bowman, IA. Mount Jack
son, Va, was still unconscious today
in the Alexandria Hospital from in
juries suffered when the car in which
she was riding with her family col
lided with a truck on highway so
near Difficult Run, about two miles
west of Fairfax, Va.
She suffered a fractured skull, a
crushed chest and broken right arm.
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
K. Bowman; two brothers, Beverly,
IL, and James, 8, md sister, Ruth
Elaine, 5, escaped with minor in
juries. The driver of the truck, B.
Marsden Firth, 80, of Crum Lynne,
Pa, received a fractured eiavicle
and also was taken to the Alexandria
Hospital.
Two pedestrians were struck by
an auto at Seventh and New York
avenue NV. yesterday, one man
suffering fractures of both legs.
Sidney Knight, Is, colored, of 437
Delaware avenue S.W., was in seri-
Gus condition at Emergency Hos
pital with compound fractures of
the legs and decorations OF the face
and mouth. His companion, Eman-
uel Norris, 80, colored, of $500 block
of James place NE, was only
slightly injured.
Henry L. Wise, So, of 1929 Kalo-
rama road NV, was treated at
George Washington University Hos
pital for possible fractures of the
right knee and shoulder. Police
said he was struck by an auto in the
TOO block of Fourteenth street NV.
Others Injured.
Mamie Roberts, 81, of 1011 @
street NV, was injured in a two
car crash on Route 240 north Of
Rockville, Md. She was treated at
Georgetown Hospital for severe
decorations Of the head.
Three men were injured near
Brandywine, Nd, when the car in
which they were riding left the
road. Taken to Casualty were
Richard j. Jones, 80, Of las s street
NV treated for brain conclusion
and face cuts; Robert Pryor, 20, Of
Brandywine, fer fractures of both
legs and possible jaw fracture; and
George Pryor, q, also Of Brandy
wine, for fractured leg and face
cuts.
Four colored women were slightly
Injured in a three-car accident near
Chapel Hill, Md. All were taken to
Casualty Hospital for treatment.
Two women were slightly inquired
in q head-on collision between two
cars on Route about miles south
Of Fredericksburg, Va, yesterday,
the Associated Press reported. Mrs.
william Massey of the 600 block of
d street S.W. and Miss Lorraine
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