Evening star., 1944-02-23
Two BoysLose Lives,
Six Persons Injured
In Auto Accidents
Jack Puffinbureer, 8,
Struck Coostine
On Scooter

Struck Cousting
On Scooter
Two boys, and IL years old, were
killed and two other boys and four
adults were injured in District area
traffic accidents yesterday and to-
day police reported.
Jack Lane Pufinburger, 8, of SAB
Girard street NE, was killed in
stantly when struck by a heavily
laden truck as he coasted bn
scooter near Seventh and Franklin
street NE. His death was the ninth
resulting from traffic accidents in
the District this year as compared
with IL for similar period last year
The boy lived with his mother, a
10-year-old sister and his grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Littleton.
His father is in the Navy and was
last heard from when his ship was
in Norfolk, Va.
Three Others Turned Aside.
Police said the boy was one of
four riding scooters. AS they came
to the intersection a truck, driven
by Morris w. Robey, 80, of 422 Ninth
street Sc, approached from the
left, police said. Three boys avoided
the vehicle, but Jack crashed into it
and the wheels passed over him. He
was pronounced dead at the scene
by a Casualty Hospital physician.
| Lawrence Edward Thompson, jr.,
II, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence E.
Thompson of Brookeville, Md, was
the other victim. Montgomery
County police said he was killed
when struck by an automobile on
Route 81, near his home. Police
listed the driver of the car as Mrs
Thelma Foster, 1905 Hampden lane
Bethesda, Md.
Horn Fails to Function.
Montgomery County Policeman
Roy Bodmer said failure of the horn
on the car to function was blamed
by Mrs. Foster for the accident. He
said she told police the boy was
walking in the middle of the road
and when she attempted to sound a
warning signal the horn failed to
blow. Her attempts to avoid hitting
the youth were unsuccessful, police
said she admitted.
One Of the boys injured was Har-
ley Prentiss, 11-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harley w. Prentiss. 1040e
Lorain avenue, Woodmoor. Md. He
suffered a possible conclusion today
when the bicycle on which he was
riding ran into the side of an auto
mobile at Colesville road and Lorain
avenue.
Shortly afterward a Silver Spring
police car struck Roger Schulze, 7
OF 412 Silver Spring avenue, as he
ran into the street from behind a
parked car in front of his home
Both children were taken to the
Washington Sanitarium in Takoma
Park. The extent Of the Schulze
child's injuries has not yet been
learned.
Police said no charge has been
placed against Wendell H. Lining
36, r. F. D. 2, Silver Spring, driver
of the car involved in the first acci-
dent.
The boy died soon after he was
admitted to Montgomery County
Hospital. Sandy Springs.
Mrs. Corrine T. Brenalman, II,
of AIS Sixthe street NV. suffered a
compound fracture of the leg when
struck last night by an automobile
as she was crossing Sixth street at
E NV, police reported. She is in
Emergency Hospital. The driver,
according to police, was George A.
Brown, colored, of 1913 D street S.W.
Bus Driver Hit by Car.
Charles r. Hawkins, 80. of Park
side, Md, driver of a Capital Tran
sit Co. bus, was making adjust
ments to the motor of a bus parked
in the 5000 block of Benning road
NE. last night when he was struck
by an automobile which approached
from the rear, police reported. The
driver was listed as Elmer S. Pyles.
80, of Camp Springs, Md Hawkins
was removed to Casualty Hospital
suffering from knee injuries.
While attempting to cross the
street at Maryland avenue and
Tenth street NE. early today Ber-
ME A. Bryant, 80, of the 1900 block
of H street NE. was hit by a car
driven, police said, by Wallace H.
Colbert, 81, of 4l3 Ninth street NE
At Providence Hospital, where Mr..
Bryant was taken, it was said he
sustained a fractured leg and lacera-
tions OF the face and hands.
Joseph H. Demule, 80, of 1922
Third street NE. was treated at
Casualty Hospital for a fractured
arm and head injuries suffered when
he was struck by an automobile at
Third and T streets NE. early today,
police said. The driver was identi-
fed by police as Alexander B. Hurd,
81, colored, Of SO Desmond street
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