Evening star., 1940-06-30
-Four Hurt in Crash
Involving Three Cars;
Driver Arrested
Seven Other Persons
Injured in Accident
In Tukomu Park

A tratIic mishap involving three
cars and pedestrian yesterday sent
four persons to Providence Hospital
and one of the drivers to the fifth
police precinct under a charge of
reckless driving.
The man arrested was John II.
Randolph, 33, colored, 1641h Elev-
enth street NV.
Police said he was driving on New
Jersey avenue Sc. when his car
was in collision at E street with g.
car driven by James L. Walker, SO, of
1412 Manchester lane NV. The
Walker car was spun into a third car
heading west. Out Of this tanele
bounded hubcap, which caused q
possible fracture to the leg of a
passer-by, William Robinson, 90.
colored, Of 1403 East Capitol street.
Serious internal injuries were suf-
fered by Josephine Owens, 27. a
passenger in the Walker car, police
declared. Her address was given
as Fifteenth and L streets NV. Mr..
Walker suffered possible rib frac-
lures and Frazer Walton, 26, colored.
1902 P street NV, a passenger in
Randolph's car, was treated for
abrasionS and contusions.
Seven Hurt in Crash.
Seven other persons received in
juries when two cars collided early
last night at Saratoga and Phila-
delphia avenues in Takoma Park,
Md. Flaming gasoline from one of
the automobiles momentarily spread
sheet Of fire across the street.
The occupants of one car were
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Gallagher
of 800 Becker avenue, Silver Spring,
Md. Mr.. Gallagher was treated for
cuts and bruises at the Washing
ton Sanitarium in Takoma Park.
Mrs. Gallagher was taken to the
office of Washington physician
by a passing motorist and treated
for similar injuries.
Two of the five occupants of the
other car were admitted to the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital for observation. They are Mrs.
Emery Patton, 33, Silver Spring. and
Mrs. Dorothy johnson, 121 Grant
avenue, Takoma Park, both reported
suffering cuts. Others given treat
ment for minor cuts. bruises and
abrasions were Mrs. Marjorie
Ricketts,, II, Spencerville. Md, and
John Patton, 4, Silver Spring A
fifth occupant, George Neal, IL,
Spencerville, was treated at the
Washington Sanitarium for lacera-
tions about the head.
Auto Lands on Porch.
A damaged automobile being
towed to repair shop broke free
and ran over the curb, through a
wire fence and landed on the front
porch of the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Crawford, jr, at 1920 Rhode
Island avenue, near Mount Rainier,
Md. The car knocked over a pillar
on the porch. No one was injured.
The car was being towed to WASH
ington by James L. Jones of 1863 N.
Glebe road, Arlington. Va, employe
of local motor company.
Other persons injured during the
last "a hours included:
Six-year-old Audrey Lindner, who,
police said, was struck by hit-run
driver in front of her home, 496 E
street S.W. Her condition at Provi-
dence Hospital was said to be not
serious.
James Green, 35, colored, Of 1os
Sixteenth street Sc, who tumbled
off coal truck as it rounded cor
ner at Eighth and F streets NE,
according to police. His head struck
the pavement as he landed. Casualty
Hospital physicians treated him for
head contusions and possible skull
fracture.
James Proudfoot, 25, of Gil Evarts
street NE, who was treated at
Georgetown Hospital for a possible
pelvis fracture received, police de-
clared, when his motorcycle was in
collision with parked car in the
$500 block of Wisconsin avenue NV,
William E. Mernine, %, a Mont
gomery County Md resident,
treated at Georgetown Hospital for
a possible fracture of ankle and
shoulder after an accident on the
Rockville pike.
Sixteen-year-old Charles Raynor
of 416 F street NE, who police said
was riding bicycle-and was in
collision with a street car at Four
teenth street and New York avenue
NV. He was treated for head in
JurleS at Casualty Hospital.
A. c. Parks of Alexandria, Va,
and Eddie Smith of 2l4l K street
NV, pedestrians, who were struck
by an auto at Reed avenue and
Jefferson Davis highway, Alexan-
dria. At Alexandria Hospital it was
said Parks suffered compound leg