Evening star., 1941-05-25
Baltimore Boy, 9,
Dies, 30thers Hurt
In Virginia Crashes
AIexundriu's Rescue
Ambulance Wrecked
Rushing TO Accident

A 9-year-old boy was fatally in
jured, three other persons we're hurt
and five automobiles, including the
ambulance of the Alexandria Rescue
Squad, were wrecked in series of
collisions in nearby Virginia late
yesterday afternoon.
The first crash occurred on the
Little River turnpike and involved
two cars which police said were
driven by Oakley James Stanley, 27,
Route 2. Fairfax, Va. and Norman
E. Evans, 40, of Baltimore.
The two machines were demol-
ished by the head-on impact. police
said, and Mr.. Evans, with his wife
Elizabeth and son Donald. we're
sent to Alexandria General Hos
pital. Donald died a few minutes
after being admitted to the hospital.
Erwin Stanley. 81, brother of
Oakley, and occupant of his car,
was admitted to the hospital, while
the driver and Air Belle Dodson, a
third occupant, were uninjured.
Ambulance in Collision.
While the Alexandria ambulance
was en- route to the scene it was in
collision at Annandale with a car
said by police to have been driven
by Robert Spencer Browning, %,
route 2. Fairfax. The ambulance
was driven by Leonard w. beavers,
%, of 423 East Monroe avenue, Alex
andria, according to police. After
the collision it careened across the
road and struck parked automo-
bile owned by Oswald A Robinson,
81, of Manassas, Va, police re-
ported.
Police were told by Mr. Robinson
that he pulled off the road when
he heard the siren of the ambu-
lance.
Police, meanwhile, had started to
the hospital with Donald and Miss
Dodson in their scout car. An
other ambulance was called from
the Wheatley funeral home in Alex
andria and carried Mr.. and Mrs.
Evans to the hospital.
Woman Breaks Wrist.
Mrs. Evans was treated for shock,
possible fractured ribs and a frac-
tured wrist. Mr.. Evans was treated
for shock and abrasions. Erwin
Stanley, who had been knocked
unconscious, was admitted for pos
Sible rib injuries and lacerations
about the head.
Last night police had charged
Oakley Stanley and Mr.. Browning
each with reckless driving.
Also admitted to Alexandria Hos
pital last night from another acci-
dent on U. S. Route l at Ingleside,
Va, were Mrs. M. j. Stringfellow,
A, R. F. D. l, Alexandria, with
possible fractured shoulder, and
Mrs. R. C. PoindeXter, "a, Sanford
N. c., possible fractured left foot.
Adna w. Leffel, 19, National
Guard private stationed at Coving-
ton, Va, died late yesterday at
Walter Reed Hospital from back in
juries received in a traffic accident
near Fort Monroe, Va, last Novem-
ber 20.
Nine-year-old Margaret Ann Bry-
ant, CAT G street NE, was admitted
to Casualty Hospital yesterday with
cuts and bruises suffered when she
was struck by streetcar while
crossing the street in front of her
home.
Barbara Ann Semmons, 310 Rit-
tenhouse street NV, hit by an au-
tomobile at Georgia avenue and
Quackenbos street NV. late yes
terday, was admitted to Children's
Hospital with cuts, bruises and
shock.
Hit-and- Run Victim.
Another pedestrian victim at
Children's Hospital last night was
Jean Davis, 2, colored, of the 2100
block of Eighth street NV. She was
struck, police said, by hit-and run
automobile driver in the street near
her home, and held in the hospital
for observation of head injuries, leg
brush burns and bruises to the face.
Pvt. Leroy Hoft, %, attached to
the Army engineer replacement
center at Fort Belvoir, Va, suffered
shoulder injuries yesterday when
alighting from a taxi at Union Sta
ton.