Evening star., 1943-01-18
Auto Injuries Fatal
To Workman, Raising
1943 Toll Here 10 7
Six Others Are Hurt
In Traffic Accidents
Over Week End
D. {. Traffic Toll
Killed in 1943 -------
Killed in same period of 1942
Toll for all of 1912 10!

hllleQ III same peTloO Oh 1S4Z
Toll for all of 1912 109
Len Douglas, so, colored, of Ill
Summit place Sc died yesterda,
in Emergency Hospital from in
juries received when he was crushed
under cement mixing truck Sat
urday, and six injuries, two Of then
critical, were reported today as {
result of weekend traffic accidents
The death, first District traffic
fatality since January 4. brought
the toll for the year here to seven
equaling the number reported a
the same time last year.
Accident Total Drops.
Meanwhile, Traffic Director Will
liam A. Van DuZer announced today
q 80 per cent decrease in the num-
her of accidents in the District, with
a, 81 per cent drop in the number OF
personal injuries for the first 13
days of this year compared to the
same period last year.
Citing a 80 per cent increase in
pedestrian traffic and a 35 per cent
drop In vehicular traffic, Mr.. Van
Du2er released the following figures
for the first 13 days in January
1943 and the similar period in 1912
Personal injuries, 80; last year,
154; pedestrian injuries, AZ; last
year, So; accidents, 1879; last year,
512; deaths, 7; last year, 7.
According to police, Douglas, a
laborer, was filling kerosene Ian
terms on q street project in the 90C
block of Twenty-fifth street NV
when the truck backed into him
and ran over the lower portion of
his body.
Driver Faces Charges.
Police charged the truck driver
Mayo P. Santmeyer, 81, of 3244 @
street NV, with unsafe driving
and having defective brakes. He
was released to appear today at
the office of the Accident Investi-
cation Unit. Police said he would
be held for action of the coroner.
In three-car collision last night
at Eleventh street and Florida ave-
nue. NV, Mrs Emma Isles, Sc, of
552l Colorado avenue NV, received
critical head and leg injuries. She
was taken to Emergency Hospital.
Police said Mrs. Isles was a pas
senger in a vehicle driven by
Thomas P. Davis, %, of Hyattsville.
Md.
Marybelle Mozel. 25, colored, of
1925 Thirteenth street S E., was crit
cally injured when struck by a hit
and-run driver as she started to
cross M street near Fourth street
Sc. about pm. yesterday. She was
treated at Casualty Hospital for
compound fracture of the right leg
and cuts and bruises.
Hurt on Marlboro Pike.
Eugene Estes, IS, of 48l5 @ street
NE, suffered cut scalp when
struck on Marlboro pike last night
by an automobile repeatedly op-.
Grated by Harry James, 81, of 1913
Olive street NE. Police said Mr..
James took the injured man to Cas-
ualty Hospital.
Prince Georges County (Md9 po-
lice today were continuing search
for a hit-and-run driver who was
said to have struck Edward N
Bryan, 40, of Takoma Park early
yesterday near College Park. Mr.
Bryan suffered head injury,
James Dempsey, 10, colored, of
1887 Twentieth street NV, received
a broken right leg and cuts when
hit by bus at Half and M streets
Sc. He was admitted to Casualty
Hospital.
Miss Luthera H. Burton, 81, of
i348 Euclid street NV, suffered
knee bruises and minor cuts but
escaped serious injury this morning
when knocked down by street car
at Fourteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. According to
her statement to police, Miss Burton
was on her way to work at the De-
partment of Internal Revenue and
was crossing Pennsylvania avenue
against the light when struck by an
eastbound trolley.
An ambulance taking a woman to
Garfield Hospital struck an auto
mobile operated by District fire.
man early yesterday at Thirteenth
street and Columbia road NV, po-
lice reported.
After the ambulance driver COM
pleted his trip to the hospital, he
reported to the Tenth Precinct po-
lice station, where he was booked for
passing red light and released
after posting SIS collateral, police
said.
The fireman, Warren r. Sweeney,
81, Of 4427 Thirteenth street NE,
was to report for treatment today at
the police and fire clinic.