Evening star., 1943-08-07

Mrs. Annie Sanders Litz. about go,
Of liz Southern avenue Sc, is in
Casualty Hospital in a serious con-
dition after an accident in which she
was struck at 1910 pm. today on
Florida Aevnue, between First and
North Capitol streets NE.
Mrs. Litz was in the crosswalk
when she was said by police to have
been hit by an automobile driven by
Leroy E. F. Toliver, colored, As. $50
Rhode Island avenue NE. Police
man A. B. Nicholson of the accident
investigation unit, said Mrs. Litz was
dragged about 1870 feet before the
car veered off and hit a parked
Peoples Drug Store truck.
Policeman Nicholson said that
Toliver did not have a permit to
drive. His permit was revoked No.
vember l, 1941, because of previous
accidents which Toliver said were
caused. by fainting spells, police said
Toliver, who is being held by police
pending outcome of the woman's in
juries, said he had fainting spell
before he hit the woman today.
Truck Runs Over Boy.
After another accident Anasta-
titus Cokas, 10, of 706 New Jersey
avenue NV, is in Emergency Hos
pital suffering from possible frac-
tured ribs and broken right foot,
after being run over by a truck,
police said.
The accident occurred on Eighth
street near F NV, when a truck,
driven by Thomas Coplin, 43, COL
ored, of 1873 Reeves Court. backed
into him, police said Coplin, who
was said to have been gathering
trash in front of fruit store at the
time of the accident, was charged
by police of No precinct with un-
safe backing. He posted sl00 COL
lateral.
Two Persons Killed.
Two persons were killed in Wash
ington and vicinity in traffic acci-
dents last night, raising the District
death toll to 81, compared with 81
during the corresponding 1912
period
Webley J, Hall, AZ, of Purcellville,
Va, died from burns received when
gasoline exploded in the truck he
was driving, after collision with
an automobile driven by Louise
Barton, Is, of Bladensburg. The
collision occurred on the Baltimore
Boulevard between Bladensburg
and Hyattsville. Mr.. Hall died early
today in Riverdale Hospital. The
woman was treated for leg injuries
and a possible conclusion. Her con-
dition was described as satisfactory.
Lloyd Queen, 9. colored, of I'LL
Fourth street NV. was fatally in
iured by d trailer truck while play
ing last night in the first block of
Pierce street NV. William Hill, 9.
colored, of 329 B street NE. told
police he and Lloyd were wrestling
over possession of a wooden gun, at
the outside edge of a parked car. A
number of eyewitnesses said the
truck was being driven slowly and
that the driver, apparently unaware
the boy had been struck, did not
stop.
otk4WdIC Vi ACSIuCht.
Policeman A. j. Kaskeski, who in
vestigated the accident with Precinct
Detective A. D. Clarke, said he had
gotten in touch by telephone late
last night with the driver of red
trailer truck which passed through
Washington, en- route to Richmond,
Va, at the time the fatality oc-
CURED here. The driver said he
would stop over and talk with police
on his return trip north, adding he
was unaware his truck had struck
any one in this city.
Meanwhile, hearing was to be
held later before the corporation
counsel to determine responsibility
for the collision of two Capital
Transit buses yesterday at Sixteenth
and U streets NV, in which 10
persons were injured, among them
Miss Joan Lundeen, 10, daughter Of
the late Minnesota Senator.
In another accident, Emory Scott,
25. colored, of 2408 I street NV.
suffered a possible fractured spine
when the motorcycle he was driving
collided with an auto driven by
Ruben C. Hill, so. colored, 1923
Twentieth street NV, at Fifteenth
and K streets NV. Mr. Scott,
War Department employe, was
hurled into the air His condition