Evening star., 1942-06-20
maryland Men
Crushed Dead
In Truck Wreck
Marine and 3 Women
Injured in Traffic
Accidents Here
D. G.. Traffic Toll
Killed in 1912 So
Killed in same period of 1941 40
Toll for all of Bill 95

A truck driver and his helper
were killed Instantly yesterday aft
ernoon when their vehicle collided
with another truck and they were
crushed beneath a heavy load OF
pilings on Route 5 at Morganza,
Md.
The dead are Owen Jefferson
Young, %, of Gabrills, Md, the
driver, and his helper, Claytor Es-
tep, IS, of Harwood. Md.
Maryland State Trooper M. E.
jackson said the accident occurred
when Mr.. Young's truck drove into
the side of a junk truck, driven by
James Henry Mason, AZ, of Ora
Vile, Md, at the intersection Of
Route 242. Mr.. Mason was unin-
jured, but his helper, William Mar
shall, "a, of Oraville, suffered pos
sible fractured pelvis and was ad-
mitted to st. Marys County Hos
pital at Leonardtown.
Pair Crushed in Cab.
Oficer Jackson said Mr.. Young
was driving a trailer type truck
loaded with 60-foot pilings. When
his truck crashed into the side of
the junk truck, Mr.. Young and his
helper were crushed in the cab be-
meath pilings which hurtled through
the rear of the drivers seat.
Mr.. Mason was released under
bond for a hearing July before
Trial Magistrate j. Ralph Abel at
Leonardtown on a technical charge.
Mrs. Margaret E. Schuyler, 81, OF
4520 Kennedy street, Hyattsville,
Md, was in serious condition at the
Casualty Hospital today with frac-
tured skull and jaw suffered when
she was struck by streetcar at
Rhode Island avenue and Longfel-
low street in Hyattsville.
Harry Strickland, 80, of AIS
Thirty-second street NE, listed by
police as the motorman, was charged
with reckless operation of street.
car. Mrs. Schuyler was taken to the
hospital by the Bladensburg rescue
squad.
Marine Hurt by Car.
In Washington, 19-year-old Ma
rine from Quantico, Va. suffered
multiple leg fractures when he was
hit by an auto early today at Third
and D streets NV. The victim,
Gerald H. Gallagher, was taken first
to Casualty and then to the Naval
Hospital at Bethesda, Md.
Elida dig, so, of the Wardman
Park Hotel, was hit by streetcar
at Eleventh and F streets NV. late
yesterday. police said. She was
taken to Emergency with a fractured
pelvis, it was reported.
An auto, which, police said, ran up
on a sidewalk, hit Carol Allen, 20,
address unknown, in the 300 block
of Florida avenue NV, last night.
Police had placed no charge against
the driver today. The injured woman
was taken to Freedmen's Hospital
with a reported skull fracture.
Conclusion and possible jaw frac-
ture was suffered by Eliza Thomas.
80, colored, hit by streetcar at
Seventh and E streets NV. yester-
day as she left the loading zone,
police said. She went to Casualty
Hospital.
Auto and Bus Collide.
A motorist was seriously injured
last night in a head-on collision
with a bus in the 1900 block of Fort
Myer drive. Police said the driver
of the car, Donald S. Depue of 1917
North Utah street, Arlington. struck
a puddle of water, which splashed
on the windshield, obscuring his
vision.
Mr.. Depue was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital by the Clarendon
Rescue Squad. He is said to have
q crushed chest, a fractured skull
and a compound fracture Of one
knee. Nine bus passengers were
reported slightly injured, but did
not require hospital treatment. Po-
lice listed the bus driver as Jesse P.
Silman of $500 Wilson boulevard.
Mrs. Alice J. Fletcher, "a, SOC Thir-
teenth street Sc, received appar-
emily minor injuries to head, leg and
arm when she was hit by bus
at Thirteenth and F streets. NV.
late this morning. The bus driver,
George r. Hall, 80, of Falls Church,
Va, said he was just starting his
vehicle when the woman was hit
and thrown to the street.