Evening star., 1945-09-24
Woman Killed,
9 Hurt as Two
CarsCo||ide
Death Sends Traffic
Fatality Toll Here
To 81 for Year

To 81 for Year
A young woman was killed and
nine persons were injured, one crit
tcally, in two-car collision last
night at Fourteenth and Franklin
streets NE
The death was the 62d from
traffic causes here this year. At this
time in 1914 there were 81 deaths.
1t was the first time this year the
traffic death rate has exceeded that
Of 1914.
At Casualty Hospital the dead
woman was identified as Mrs. Grace
Kline, 10, of 1914 Randolph street
NE. Margaret Payne, Is, of 35O9
Rhode Island avenue, Mount Rainier,
Md, was admitted to Casualty Hos
pital in critical condition with
fractured skull.
Killed in Collision.
Meanwhile, Maryland State Police
reported Mrs. Florine L. Higgs, g.
OF LeonardtoWn. was killed instantly
yesterday on Route 5, two miles
south OF LeonardtoWn, when the car
In which she was riding collided
with a truck.
In another Maryland accident
Henry Bennett. SO, colored, of Acco-
keek was killed and II other per-
sons were injured when Benefits
car colided with a Southern Mary
land Lines bus early yesterday on
Route 224, three miles below Acco-
keek. The bus was en- route from
washington to Indianhead, Md,
when the crash occurred. A tech
nlcal charge of manslaughter has
been lodged against Allen Price.
1ndianhead, the bus driver, Mary
land State Police said
The others hurt in the District
accident and their injuries are as
follows:
Mrs. Marian Shields, 49, of 431OI
Thlrtieth street, Mount Rainier
lacerations of face and head, in un-
determined condition in Casualty:
Carl Breeze, 81. of 1922 Nicholson
street, Hyattsville, contusions of the
left arm and both legs, in unde-
termined condition in Casualty:
Doris Rodriguez, 20, of 3112 Webster
street, Mount Rainier, possible con-
cussion and contusions to both
knees, in good condition in Casualty;
Helen Battista, %, of 1890 Critten-
den street NV, fracture of the
back, in undetermined condition in
Emergency Hospital.
Also Mildred Cope, Is, of 1929
Columbia road NV, fracture of the
left arm, in good condition in
Casualty; John Payne, 19, of 35O9
Rhode Island avenue, Mount Rainier,
brother of Margaret, possible frac-
ture OF the right leg and chest con-
tusions, in undetermined condition
In Casualty; Mrs. Betty Weber, 21,
of 1888 Monroe street NV. who DO
lice said was an expectant mother,
possible fractured ribs and back
ahrasicnS, in undetermined condi-
tlon In Columbia Hospital, and Mary
L. Kline, Is, of 1914 Randolph street
NE, possible fractured pelvis and
lacerations to face and right ear, in
condition in Casualty. |
Miss Kline was sister -in-law of the
dead woman.
Cars Collide.
According to police, the accident
occurred when one car, driven south
on Fourteenth street by Mr.. Payne
collided with the other car. driven
east on Frankling street by Mr..
Breeze. The accident occurred at
$50 pm.
In another accident last night
Jennie Puliatti, 25, of sos Nicholson
street NV, suffered a possible frac-
tured pelvis when struck by an
automobile after she stepped from
the curb in the 1900 block of Ben
ming road NE, police reported.
She was admitted to Casualty Hos
plAl in undetermined condition.
The driver of the automobile, police
said, was Charles NJ Bryant, jr., SO.
colored, of the 600 block of KENYON
street NV.
Albert R. West, 81, of 45l5 Arkan-
sas avenue NV, suffered a possible
fractured leg last night, when an
automobile he was driving collided
with 4 streetcar at Georgia avenue
ard Taylor street NV, according
to police. He was admitted to
Emergency Hospital and his condi-
tion today was said to be not serious.
The operator of the streetcar was
Louis K. Oddenino, "a, of 9OS Ken
nedy street NV, police reported.
Suffers Fractured Skull.
Homer V. Jones. SIS, colored, of the
100 block of Sixth street NV, was
in critical condition in Gallinger
Hospital today suffering from a frac-
tured skull, received in an accident
Saturday night. police said.
According to police, he walked in
front of streetcar under the HI
street NE. viaduct. He was first
taken to Casualty Hospital although
he protested he was not hurt, police
said. AHe was later transferred toI