Evening star., 1940-09-16

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Week end automobile crashe
brought death to IL persons il
Maryland and Virginia. five of then
in the Washington metropolitan
Area.
Two New Yorkers were killed in
stantly when their automobil,
crashed head-on into a freight trucl
near Warrenton, Va: District resi-
dent was fatally injured when hi
motorcycle ran off the highway OF
Landover road; a three-car smash
up near Wells Corner, Md, killec
one person, and the fifth nearby
victim was killed when his cal
crashed into a tree near Herndon
Va.
The following died in the Wash.
hgton area:
Frank Villano, Brooklyn. N. Y.
Victor Montalbano. Long Island
driver and owner of the car.
Frank EloniS, 25, of 623 Maryland
dNeIluS DIV.
Basil Wingate. 26. Vale. Va.
Harold B. Ridgely, l8, Upper Marl-
boro, Md.
Two Youths Badly Hurt.
Two youths-Henry H. Strobe
is, of 3945 First street S.W.. and S
T. Kroll, l8, of 3637 Horner street
Severe reported seriously injured
in a crash today on Livingston road
near exon Hill. Md. Both were
treated at st. Elizabeths Hospital
and later transferred to Casualty
Hospital
Maryland State police said they
were told both victims suffered skull
fractures. and in addition young
Strobe was said to have received
a broken arm. Police said the lat
ter was driving.
Returning From Business Trip.
Six other deaths occurred in Vir-
ginia and one in Maryland.
Mr. Montalbanos car was demol-
ished in the collision with the truck
The truck driver, Paul Williams. of
Burlington, N. c., was not injured
The crash occurred near the in
tersection of Lee highway and Bethel
road Officers said they learned Mr.
Villano and Mr.. Montalbano were
returning from a business trip to
North Carolina.
Mr.. Elonis was taken to Casualty
Hospital by the Bladensburg Rescue
Squad but he was dead on arrival
His motor cycle careened from the
road near Defense highway and
crashed into fence.
Mr.. Wingate died at Georgetown
Hospital of injuries received when
he lost control of his car and crashed
into tree near Herndon. Investi-
gators said they believed a blowout
was responsible for the accident
Pinned In Wreckage.
Mr.. Wingate, employed at lunch
room at Fairfax, observed his 26th
birthday Saturday He was return
ing home from work when the crash
occurred. He was pinned in the
wreckage of the machine.
Mr.. Ridgely was fatally injured
In the three-car crash on Grain
highway near Wells Corner. He
died short time after he was taken
to Casualty by the Bladensburg res
cue squad Seriously injured in the
same crash was Joseph Brown, 55
OF Upper Marlboro. Md, who was un-
der treatment at Casualty today for
skull fracture, broken arm and
head cuts.
Hadden G. Garvin, 18, of Chevy
Chase, Md, was charged at the
eighth precinct with reckless driv-
ing and released under $500 bono
after an automobile he was driving
collided with another operated by
Matthew 6. Walsh, 1900 block Of
Upshur street NE. at Forty-fiftt
and Brandywine streets NV. Three
passengers in the Walsh car were
treated at Emergency Hospital
Mrs. Gertrude Aman, So, of 92s
Upshur street NE, was admitted
with head injuries; Mrs. Bobbie
Weiner, 25, and Miss Mary Roberts
30, both of 1880 K street NV, were
treated for head injuries and re-
leased.
Philip H. Budd, 40, Hyattsville
Md. was taken to Casualty by the
Prince Georges County Rescue
Squad with scalp cuts and internal
injuries following an accident or
North Beach road. His condition
was described as fair.
Injured in a crash near Muirkirk
Md, Kittie Robinson. IS, of 9l8 M
street NV, was treated at Casualty
for fractured hip and neck in
juries.
Soldier Fatally Injured.
Those killed in Virginia and Mary.
land accidents outside the Washing
ton metropolitan area were:
William r.. Marshall, 21-year-old
private at Langley Field, fatally in
jured when an automobile left
Route 33 on a Blue Ridge Mountain
curve near Elkton, Va, Saturday
night.
Lewis Amos Pennington, q, a
hitch-hiker from Cass, w. Va, killed
when struck by an automobile on
the Shenandoah Valley pike neal
Harrisonburg. Va.
James Hawpe. 21, of Lynchburg
fatally hurt early yesterday wher
an automobile carrying two Other
men was wrecked on a curve neal
Lynchburg, Va.