Evening star., 1946-09-26
Boy, 7, Killed.,
0thersH Hurt
In Accidents
Child Runs Into Path
Of Car From BetweeI
Parked Autos

A 2-year-old boy was killed by an
automobile, seven other children
were slightly hurt and seven adults
received hospital treatment for in
juries in a series of District traffic
accidents during the past "a hours.
The fatality was Michael Joseph
Speakes, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Speakes, "A New York avenue NV
According to John Goldsmith
filling station attendant of 48OO
Georgia avenue NV, the child and
. companion, Buddy Lee Jegar, 4
of 10 New York avenue NV, had
been playing on grassy plot on
o street in the rear of his home
just before the accident occurred
late yesterday. .- ---
Ran Between Cars.
Police said the child suddenly
Jumped up while playing and ran
from between two parked cars on
o street, into the path of an auto
mobile driven by Chauncey w
Whit, jr., 27, colored, 370O block
Hayes street NE. The driver will
appear at coroner's inquest.
The boys third birthday was to-
morrow and party had beer
planned for him by his mother
and father, who is a mechanic in
the Washington Terminal shops
Also surviving him is a brother
John, months old.
Jacob Levin, 80, of 2801 Thirty
third street Sc, suffered back in
juries when struck by an automobile
while crossing in the 240O. block OF
Minnesota avenue Sc
Condition Undetermined.
He was admitted to Casualty Hos
pital and his condition is undeter-
mined. Driver of the car was
Thomas G. Herndon, jr., 10. colored
$500 block West street Sc. police
reported.
Richard A. Bast, 13, of 1856 Twelfth
street Sc, received a possible skull
fracture when knocked down and
dragged by a streetcar at Penn
sylvania avenue and Eleventh street
Sc.
He was taken to Casualty Hospital
where his condition was reported
as good. Operator of the streetcar
was Joseph c. Grierson, %, of 4sOl
Park lane, Suitland, Md, according
to police.
Girl 3, Injured.
Also injured yesterday was Thelma
Jean Dorsey, 3, colored, $500 block
Stanton road Sc. She received a
possible fracture of the left leg when
she ran, according to reports, into
the path of an automobile in front
OF her home. Her condition was
good today at Gallinger Hospital.
Police said the driver of the auto
mobile was Richard M. Newman, %,
OF l116 Sixth street Sc.
The other children and adults
injured in yesterdays accidents suf-
fered minor bruises and all were
discharged from hospitals after
treatment, the Police Accident In
Unit reported.
In a nearby accident, Prince
Georges County Policemen Horace
King and Joseph r. Hill, both OF
Colmar Manor, Md, suffered face
lacerations when their scout car
crashed into a telephone pole on
the Baltimore boulevard in Colma,
Manor.
Tried to Avoid Trouble.
According to Sergt. Roscoe C
Sines Of the county police force, the
accident occurred when the car was
emerging onto the boulevard from
Fortleth avenue in Cottage City
and swerved to avoid striking Z
truck which they said was coins
through red light at the inter.
section.
Both policemen were taken K
Prince Georges County Genera
Hospital by the Branchville Rescue
Squad.
Before losing consciousness, Po.
iceman Hill broadcast a descrip.
ton of the truck and it was located
about an hour later in Laurel b,
State police. The driver, John W
Watson, Al, colored, first block O.
u street Sc, was charged with
passing a red light and having al
improper permit, police said.
Damage to the police car, which
had just been purchased, was abou
$500, according to Sergt. Sines.