Evening star., 1944-12-18
.bus-Streetcar
Crash Injuries
.SixPersons
Driver, Five Women
Victims of Accident
At 18th and K

Six persons were injured, one
probably seriously. early today
when an Arnold Lines bus and a
streetcar, both heavily loaded,
collided at Eleventh and K streets
NV, during the early morning
traffic rush.
At Emergency Hospital, Clarence
Cockrill, rs, 3710 North Seventh
street, Arlington, the bus driver, was
unconscious and his injuries were
undetermined. Five Arlington wom-
en-, all passengers on the bus, were
admitted for treatment but hos
pital attaches said preliminary ex-
aminations did not indicate they
were seriously hurt. They were:
Mrs. Lucille Wood 80, of 1046
Hudson street; Mrs. Lillian Sell, 43.
OF 1903 North Wakefield street; Miss
Alice Barrett, 1909 North Rhodes
street; Mrs. Beatrice Pringle, 43,
1903 North Wakefield street, and
Mrs. Helen Rowe, 80, of 2657 North
Glebe road.
DuS StOppeu Dy Tree.
Police said the accident happened
when the bus, going east on K
street and the streetcar, going south,
crashed in the center of the inter-
section. The left front of the bus,
occupied by the driver, was knocked
in by the impact and the vehicle
continued south on Eleventh street
to be stopped by a tree on the side
walk about 100 feet from the in.
tersection.
The streetcar was operated by
Andres E. Grigsby of 1923 B street
NE, identified by Capital Transit
Co. officials as an employe for the
past three and a half years. He
was not injured, nor were any of
the IS passengers on the streetcar,
police reported.
Police said three or four windows
on the streetcar were shattered but
1t was otherwise undamaged. It
continued on to its destination after
the crash but a wrecker was neces--
sary to move the bus.
Details of the accident were lack
ing but officials of the transit COM
pany told police the streetcar was
half way through the intersection
when the crash occurred.
Trevor H. Jones. 81, of 227 Sec
ond street Sc, suffered a skull in
jury when struck by a car which
polcie said was driven by Marine
Corpl. Josh A. Eakins, %, of 1910
Third street NE, as he was cross
ing at H and Eighth streets NE.
Yesterday afternoon.
At Casualty Hospital TO-DAY he
was reported in a serious condi-
| ton.
/ Condition Is Critical.
Another pedestrian, Howard
Friend, 54. of 1908 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc, received a possible
fractured neck when struck by a
car operated by Agenor E. Bosselait,
E42, Of 257 Eleventh street Sc, at
the intersection of Eleventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue Sc, ac-
| cording to police report.
Casualty Hospital attaches today
described his condition as critical.
FUR Pearson, 46, of $50 Twelfth
place NE, was admitted to Cas-
ualty Hospital with ribs and shoul-
der injuries after being struck by a
taxicab at Second and F streets NE.
early yesterday. Police said the cab
was operated by John E. Saddler,
As, colored, of 2127 Ninth street NV.
George C. Cole, 63, of 70 L street
NE, was in Gallinger Hospital to-
day suffering from leg injuries re-
ceived yesterday when struck by an
automobile at Fifth and K streets
NV. Police identified the driver
as Mitchell G. David, 81, 2009 Naylor
road Sc.
Youth Hurt as Auto Overturns.
James w. Graham, jr., II, Of
Route 2, Fairfax, Va. was injured
slightly early today when his car
overturned on Lee boulevard at
Henderson road Arlington, police
reported.
Police said the youth fell asleep
while driving and the car swerved
into a ditch. He was admitted to
Arlington Hospital for observation.
Three persons were injured last
night in the collision of two cars on
a side road, just off Route so at
Pender, Va, Fairfax County police
reported.
Police said Mrs. Ruth Freeman.
1872 Twelfth street NV, Byron
Parry of Herndon, and Ed Cook,
whose address was not listed, were
treated for cuts and bruises at Ar
lington Hospital. Police said the
cars were driven by Hazel Dalziel
and Mr.. Parry.
Charles Cooper, II, of the 1900
block of Lee boulevard, Arlington.
received head cuts and a broken leg
when he was struck yesterday by a
hit-run auto at Lee highway and
Highland street, police reported.
| A. H. Swanson, So. of 2606 Lex
ington street, was charged with hit
and-run driving after a preliminary
hearing in County Court and trial
was set for January 8. He was ar
rested short distance from the
scene of the accident. A witness
furnished police description of the
| car