Evening star., 1945-05-14
Six Are Killed,
Three Injured in
Auto Accidents
Virginia Crash FotuI
To Three; Boby Dies
Under Milk Truck

To Three; Boby Dies
Under Milk Truck
Six persons were killed and three
others were injured, two critically
in weekend traffic accidents in the
Washington area.
The dead were listed as James P
DuerSon, 2-year-old son of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Lawrence S. Duerson, Route 4
Alexandria, killed yesterday by 9
milk truck he had crawled under
an unidentified man; Howard Hark-
ems, As, of Four Corners, Md;
Charles w. Culpepper, 18, of 443s
North Pershing drive, and Frank E
Evans, jr., II, of 1907 Lee boulevard
both Arlington, and Howard G
Fleming, about IS, of Danville, Va.
truck driver. The last three were
killed in a head-on truck-automo-
bile collision on Route /, about five
miles south of Alexandria.
Harvey L. Wood, 10, of 4611 North
Third street, Arlington, another oc-
cupant Of the car, was in a critical
condition in Alexandria Hospital
with broken leg and body and
head cuts. suffered in the collision
on Route l, while Roger Thomp-
son, 8, of c avenue, District Heights,
Md, was in a critical condition in
Casualty Hospital with a head in
jury received when pony he was
riding hit the side of car on the
Marlboro pike near his home.
Burning Truck Kills Two.
Virginia State police said the
three persons were killed on Route
when the auto and the truck, loaded
with steel pipe, collided head on.
Police said Mr. Fleming was burned
to death in the truck cab when
gasoline tank exploded, and young
Culpepper was burned to death
when he was thrown beneath the
burning truck. The Evans youth
died en- route to the hospital
Police said flames shot high in
the air after the collision and
traffic on Route l was rerouted over
the Mount Vernon boulevard.
Young Culpepper was employed as
mechanic with the Kirby Sales &
Service Co., Arlington. He is sur
vived by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. w. Culpepper of the North
PerShing drive address, and by two
sisters, Myra Anne and Sarah Vir-
ginia Culpepper. Funeral services
will pe held at 10 am. Wednesday
at the Ives funeral home, with
burial in National Memorial Park.
Child Crawled Beneath Truck.
Young Evans was employed by
RCA Communications, Inc, here and
had attended Fort Union Military
Academy last year. In addition to
his parents, he is survived by
brother, John r. Evans, 215 South
Irving street, Arlington, where
funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Wednesday. Burial will be in
Columbia Gardens Cemetery.
The Wood youth is the son of
Harvey F. Wood, chief air-condi-
tioning engineer at the House Office
Building. He was given a medical
discharge from the Navy last No
vember and has been working with
his father.
Fairfax County police said the
Duerson child was killed instantly
when it was crushed beneath the
wheel of an Alexandria Dairy truck
driven by James M. Brown, Route
3, Alexandria.
Police said the truck had stopped
at the Duerson house to deliver
milk and the child apparently
crawled beneath the rear wheel and
was not seen by the driver. DR..
T. B. McCord, county coroner, is
sued a certificate of accidental
death.
Man Killed by Streetcar.
The fifth fatality occurred last
night when Elias Christmas, 81,
colored, 1925 New Jersey avenue
NV, was struck by a streetcar
while walking along the tracks
between Stops 13 and IA on the
Cabin John line.
He was taken to Casualty Hos
pital but was pronounced dead on
arrival. For a short time after the
accident. the body lay unidentified
in the District morgue. Identifica-
ton finally was made by his daugh-
ter, Gladys, police said. She told
officers she had reported her father
missing yesterday.
The operator of the streetcar,
police said, was Cecil Edwards, 80,
of 1917 c street NE. Until the
coroner's Office determines what
action shall be taken he was placed
in custody of the Capital Transit
Co., police said.
Mr.. Harkens died today at the
Washington Sanitarium, Takoma
Park, from injuries received when
he was struck by a car late Satur-
day in the Montgomery Hills sec
ton of Georgia avenue Montgom-
cry County police said Edward Day.
nude was the driver of the car.
Two Others Hurt.
DR.. James I. Boyd, Prince Georges
County medical examiner, said the
Thompson child, who was injured
while riding pony. was brought
into his yard by the driver of the
automobile, but was taken on to
the hospital before police could
reach the scene. Police said an in
vestigation was being made today.
He is the son of Mrs. Dorothy
Thompson of the District Heights
address.
DR.. Boyd said he understood the
boy rode his pony out of gate and
into the side of the car. He said it
appeared that he suffered a cerebral
conclusion.
In another accident here yester-
day, Mrs. Lucille Price, SO, of 1912
Oates street NE, suffered face in
juries when a taxicab in which she
was riding was in collision with an
automobile. She was treated at
Emergency Hospital. The taxicab
was operated by James D. Kirby, A,
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