Evening star., 1942-06-16
3OPersonsH Hurt
In Crash al
Vermont and j
One Driver Faces
Charge Of Passing
Red Light
pictures on Page A-3.j

More than 80 persons were in :,
jured, one seriously, when two
crowded buses crashed at Ver-
mont avenue and U street NV.
about $3.50 am. today.
Twenty were taken to Garfield
Hospital and one to Emergency
Hospital, though most of them
were released after treatment.
Police listed eight others as given
aid at the scene or by private
physicians.
Investigators of the accident pre-
vention squad estimated that as
many as 40 passengers had been
cut or bruised or were suffering
from shock. Many left the scene
without giving their names.
The only passenger listed as seri-
ously hurt was Wiley w. Harris, SO.
colored, of 1442 Corcoran street
NV. He was at Freedmen's Hos
pital with possible internal injuries.
DFlVeT races nearing.
John R. Parrish, "A, of so Tulip
avenue, Takoma Park, Md, driver
of an eastbound bus, was charged
at No. 13 precinct with passing a
red light. He was released in GUS
tody of the Capital Transit Co. to
appear in Traffic Court Friday
morning.
Police said a southbound bus from
Petworth, driven by Carl F. Acker-
man of 425 West Fairfax drive, Ar
lington, Va, and the eastbound bus
collided in the middle of the inter-
section. Mr.. Ackerman suffered cuts
about the face and Mr.. Parrish was
treated for an injured leg.
Policeman w. P. Ais quoted Mr..
Ackerman as saying he had started
across the intersection when the
light showed amber. The south
bound driver said, according to the
officer, that he saw the eastbound
bus approaching but his brakes
failed to work, and he could not
avoid the crash. Mr.. Parrish also
said, when he was booked at the
station, that his brakes proved
faulty.
The accident furnished the first
test for the new stretcher-equipped
police scout cars Summoned by
the dispatcher. these radio ambu-
lances converged on the scene from
every direction and carried away a
number of the injured.
Buses Badly Damaged.
Both buses were badly damaged
by the impact. The eastbound bus
was one pressed into emergency
service because of a streetcar tieup
at the Calvert Street Bridge.
A third bus, northbound, missed
plowing into the other two by
inches, according to witnesses.
A woman who refused to give her
name, but said her brother was a
member of Congress, was treated at
a nearby beauty parlor.
Il was holding on to an upright
rod" she said. THE collision threw
me. My leg is hurt"
Ernest Miltier, colored, of 1850
Girard street NV. also given first
aid at the scene, was on the SOUTH
bound bus.
They crashed" he said, "and
the next thing I knew I was on the
floor"
Taken to Hospital.
Those taken to this hospital in
cluded:
Miss Edna Williams, 25, 1852 New
ton street NV. Cuts on head.
Mrs. Lois Emery, 48, 1747 Colum-
bia road NV. Injuries not stated.
Julian J. Gernova, 81, 829 Quincy
street NV. Cuts on forehead and
arms.
Edith Schwartz, 10, 438 Delafield
place NV. Cuts on ear.
Miss Dee Olson, %, 1841 Colum-
bia road NV.
Evelyn M. Ulmer, 26, colored, 66o4
First street NV.
Boyd w. Fielder, %, 1851 Wyo-
ming avenue NV.
Mary I. Henderson, 81. colored,
1922 Champlain street NV.
Vaylor C. Courtney, 48, colored,
1407 w street NV.
Mary Louise Devereaux, Is, 3708
New Hampshire avenue NV
Alphonse Mcdaniel, 80, colored,
1925 @ street NV.
Edward j. Roache, Al, 6313 Six
teenth street NV.
John w. Harries, Is, 628 Quebec
place NV.
John R. Minesinger, 80, Takoma
Park, Md.
Arthur H. Glenn, 5202 Kansas
avenue NV. Cut over eye.
Fred Flickinger, 812 Jefferson
street NV.
Jean L. Baker, Is, 1884 Meridian
place NV.
Others Receiving Treatment.
Treated by private physicians:
Mrs. Edith Carey, 5130 Connecti-
cut avenue NV.
Alfred r. jackson, 36, colored,
1907 r street NV.
Charles G. Bridges, ST, 1924 Cha
pin street NV.
Mrs. Clifford J. Lipp, 1913 Spring
road NV.
Henry E. Kuever, 1448 Girard
street NV.
Mrs. Helen Nicholson, Kensing-
ton, Md.
Essie jackson, 1872 Fourteenth
street NV.
David MonZac, 764 Princeton
place NV.
Irving Posner, 1856 Warder
street NV.