Evening star., 1940-03-26

Two men were crushed to death
In a truck automobile wreck yes
terday and number of other per-
sons are suffering from injuries fol-
lowing a series of accidents on
highways and streets in the Capital
and suburbs.
In one accident an Arlington
County woman, her 6-year -old
daughter and a volunteer fireman
were hurt when Clarendon Fire
Department ladder truck crashed
into parked car while en- route
to a blaze at Bon Air, Va.
The dead men. both travelling
salesmen, were killed on U. S. High
way No. /, about 9 miles south of
Alexandria. They we're:
Michael Richard, 40. of New York
City.
William R. Moore, At, of Tampa,
Fla.
The driver of the trailer truck,
William Wiley. q, of Hatfield, Pa,
was ordered helf for preliminary
hearing Thursday in the Trial Jus
tice Court at Fairfax after an in
quest held last night by DR.. C.. A.
Ransom, Fairfax County coroner.
Mr.. Wiley was released under $500
bond.
Forced to Swerve Out.
Mr.. Wiley, who with his relief
driver, Ralph Illingworth, 38, of
Lansdale, Pa, was unhurt, testified
at the inquest that he was attempt
ing to avoid collision with car
bearing Pennsylvania tags when the
accident occurred.
He said the Pennsylvania car, pro-
ceeding southwark just ahead of his
truck, swerved to the center lane as
if to make left turn, then cut back
abruptly to the southbound lane.
The truck driver said he was
forced to swing into the center lane
and that when he did his left front
brake locked, the trailer portion of
his trailer-truck swinging across the
northbound lane and into the path
of the machine occupied by Mr..
Moore and Mr.. Richard.
The automobile crashed into the
trailer, which toppled over and
killed the two statesmen. The trail
er was loaded with machinery for
a hosiery mill 1t was some time
before the bodies of the two men.
crushed beneath the heavy van.
could be removed. Their bodies were
taken to Wheatley's funeral home
In Alexandria.
Mr.. Wileys story was borne out by
Eugene Nelson of Accotink, Va,
whose car was behind the automo-
bile in which Mr.. Moore and Mr..
Richard were riding.
Auto-Fire Truck Crash.
Injured in the automobile fire
truck accident were Mrs. Emma
Overstreet, 80. of 6O10 Washington
boulevard, Arlington; her daughter
Barbara Ann Overstreet, 6, and
James Campbell, 21-year-old fire.
man of 2l26 Nineteenth street
North.
Mrs. Overstreet's husband, EN-
NETT C. Overstreet, 33, who was sit
ting at the wheel of the parked car,
was unhurt.
The accident occurred, police said,
when the fire truck sWerved at Will
son boulevard and Quincy street to
avoid an automobile, hit the rear of
machine operated by Howard L.
Anderson, SO. Of 2156 North Thomas
street, Arlington, and rammed the
Overstreet car. which had pulled up
to allow the fire truck to pass.
Mrs. Overstreet was taken to
Emergency Hospital with a frac-
tured right leg. possible fracture
Of the shoulder and other injuries
Her daughter received cuts and
bruises. Mr.. Campbell, who was
hurled from the fire truck to the
street, was taken to Emergency
Hospital with leg injury.
Fire Damage Is Small.
Frank Susan, %, of 1915 Wilson
boulevard. driver of the fire truck,
and three other firemen were shaken
up. The Ballston Fire Department,
responding on the same alarm, ex-
tinguished blaze in a home in the
$500 block of Seventh street north
Damage caused by the fire was
slight.
A colored workman, Roy Butler,
20. of the 400 block of I street NV,
was in serious condition at Gal
linger hospital today. after being
struck by a truck on Florida avenue
NE, under the railroad viaduct be-
tween Second and Third streets,
yesterday.
The injured man was working
with a steam shovel crew tearing up
the roadway for repaving at the
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