Evening star., 1942-06-23

Egyptian Atiache
Seriously Injured
In Auto.Bus Crash
Seven Passengers Hurt;
Two Pedestrions Struck
Bv Streetcurs Here

A bus and an automobile crashed
head -on in the Scott Circle under
pass last night, seriously injuring a
commercial attache Of the Egyptian
Legation. Seven bus passengers were
hurt.
Other accidents involving street.
cars sent two pedestrians to the
hospital. police reported.
Driver Of the automobile in the
bus-car collision was Mohamed A.
Sirag.el.Din, 30, Of 1871 New Hamp-
shire avenue N. w.. the Egyptian
attache, whose condition at Emer-
gency Hospital was still unde-
termined today. He suffered
broken leg, lacerations to the face.
a possible fractured skull and pos
sible broken ribs, hospital cficials
said.
Auto Hurdles Strip.
Police said the diplomats car. on
entering the incline at the south
end Of the Sixteenth street under
pass, apparently struck the raised
concrete dividing strip, causing the
driver to lose control. The street
was wet with rain at the time. they
explained. The automobile Swerved
first to the right. grazing . north
bound bus. then swung left, hurdled
the dividing strip and crashed
simultaneously into the west wall
of the underpass and 4 southbound
bus
Ofhcials Of the Egyptian Lega-
ton were among q large crowd
which gathered at the scene OF the
accident. Mr.. Sirag -el-Din was un-
conscious when removed In an
Emergency Hospital ambulance.
Also treated at Emergency and
later transferred to Walter Reed
Hospital was Col. Bruce Roberts
so, of the Medical Center at Walter
Reed. passenger in the bus. He
suffered lacerations to the face.
Others Injured.
Other bus passengers treated at
Emergency Hospital for cuts and
bruises were George J. Jordan. II.
1919 Eastern avenue NV: Hilda
Birchall, 20. 337 Thirty sixth street
NE: Woodrow W. Jenkins. %. $40
Ninth street NV: Dorothy Pachase,
10, l400 Sixteenth street NV: JOS
eph Barnett. IS, 1890 Nicholson
street NV. and Lester Erlichnan.
80, 48l0 Georgia avenue NV. All
were later released from the hos
pital
Police listed the driver OF the
southbOund bus as Shellie E. Turner.
40, of 46l5 Fourteenth street NV,
uninjured despite the fact that
considerable damage was done to
the front of the bus. The front OF
Mr.. Sirag car. practically
demolished. vedsed itself beneath
the chassis OF the bus. No damage
was done to the northbound bus.
Hit BY Streetcar.
Josiah Cobb, 66, OF $50 Rhode
Island avenue NE. was in fair con-
dition in Casualty Hospital this
morning with a possible fractured
skull. Police said Mr.. Cobb. step
ping from behind a westbound
streetcar in the 900 block of Penn
sylvania avenue NV. yesterday
afternoon. was hit by a streetcar
coming in the opposite direction.
Another victim was Frank B. TIP
ton, 68. of 1924 Farragut street
NV. who was struck by a streetcar
In the 400 block of Fourteenth
street NV. according to police. He
was admitted to Emergency Hos
pital for cuts, bruises and q possible
fractured hip. His condition was
described as good this morning
A coroner's jury yesterday after
noon exonerated Larry B. Downs.
q, 1924 H street NE, Capital
Transit bus driver, of blame in the
traf11c death Of James L. Lytle, 80,
2037 K street NV. The fatal ac-
cident. which occurred early Sun
day at Twentieth and X streets
NV, was the Districts 54th Of the
year.
In nearby Maryland. Glenn p
Grider. 81, of Highbridge received
fractured ribs and dislocated
shoulder last night when his truck
crashed into a telephone pole on the
Defense highway about 2 miles
from Bladensburg, according to
police He was taken to Casualty
Hospital by the Bladensburg rescue
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