Evening star., 1943-07-25
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|Careening Van.
kills Woman,
Injuries 4 Here
Driver, n, Accused
Of Drunk Driving and
; Hit-Run Collisions

One person was killed and four
injured, three critically, when a
loaded moving van. operated by
21-year-old youth who later
was charged with driving while
drunk, struck an automobile at
South Capitol and M streets late
yesterday after weaving for more
than a mile through rush hour
traffic and colliding with three
other cars.
Killed in the accident was Mrs.
Mary G.. Terrell, about go, of lot
West Howell avenue, Alexandria.
The injured were:
Miss Nina DeGroff, about so, of
1917 Arlington Ridge road South,
reported near death in Casualty
Hospital from skull fracture and
conclusion.
Mrs. William O. Merriman. 26, of
608 North Columbus street, Alexan-
dria, conclusion and possible neck
injuries.
Robert S. Hill, about 35, resident
of trailer camp in Alexandria,
possible broken back.
DR.. Leo c. Riethmayer, 80. Of 9O6
South Washington street, Alexan-
dria, cuts on the face and possible
fracture of knee and hand.
Three Hit-Run Charges.
Held without bond on the drunken
driving charge and three charges
Of hit-and-run driving was the
driver of the big van, Howard Louis
Conway, 313 North Pitt street, Alex
andria.
The three hit-and-run cases,
police said, grew out of the vans
wild ride from the vicinity of the
Capitol to the scene of the fatal
accident.
The fatal crash involved four We
hicles The victims. all Census Bu-
reau employees returning from work
at Suitland, Md, in share-the-
ride pool, were going west on M
street in a car driven by DR.. Rieth-
mayer. About half way across the
South Capitol intersection, wit
nesses said, the car was hit by the
van
Mrs. Terrell was thrown from the
car by the impact. She was taken
to Casualty Hospital, where she died
at $50 pm, about an hour after
the accident.
The four injured also we're taken
to Casualty. Ali but DR.. Riethmsyer
were said to be in a critical condi-
ton.
Auto Knocked Against Bus.
The collision knocked the auto
mobile against a crowded Capital
Transit Co. bus, which had stopped
at the corner to discharge passen-
gers. No one in the bus was in
jured, however.
The van careened off and con-
tinued for about a quarter of a
block until it struck parked auto
mobile.
Receiving reports Of the weaving
vehicle after the first accident oc-
CURED on the northwest side of the
Capitol, first precinct police ordered
lookout in an effort to apprehend
the driver. The other three COL
lisions, however, came in rapid
succession
Police said first reports on the
driver came when the van struck
and damaged an automobile driven
by James H. Kinnard, 1141 Sixth
street NE.
Without stopping. police said,
the van continued to the vicinity
of Delaware and Independence
avenues S.W., where in succession,
it collided with automobiles oper-
ated by Harold S. Wheeler, 1914
Wisconsin avenue NV, and Clar-
ence Liverpool, 81 N street Sc
Their cars damaged, both Mr.
Wheeler and Mr.. Liverpool pursued
the van as it continued it's swerving
course. They were close behind
when the fatal accident occurred,
1t. Liverman Investigates Case.
Police described the fatal crash
and the three accidents that pre-
ceded it as the most serious traffic
(see AUTO CRASH, Page A-12.)