Evening star., 1946-10-07

car collision "a
near Glenmont, . 3|2Ms##|=SN
which sent four ''"''''...'''8EES'~
othars +o hos Joseph Edgar.
pitals and was followed at the same
scene by another four-car collision
which hospitalized five.
Harry S. Edward, 36, of 3519 Thir.
zenith street NV. died at George
Hospital of a COM
pound skull fracture after being
struck on Route about 4 miles
south of Alexandria.
Seaman Critically Hurt.
Donald Chopper, 20, a seaman
first class, attached to the naval
recruiting station, Anacostia, was
injured when struck by
an automobile on Good Hope road
Sc, near the entrance to the sta
ton. He is in the Bethesda Naval
Hospital.
The Edgar child was hit as his
mother, Mrs. Grayce Edgar, looked
on and screamed for him to go
back to the curb.
The child had crossed the street
alone for the first time last week,
the family said.
Arlington police listed the driver
as Joseph Crawley, %, colored, of
1881 South -Four Mile Run drive, Ar
lington, and said charge of man
had been placed against
HIM. He was released under 81 200
bend for a hearing october II.
The child was taken to George
town Hospital where he died at 7
pm. He was the Edgars' only child.
Mr.. Edgar is an employe of the Civil
Service Commission.
Approaching Car Sideswiped.
The series of crashes at Glen
mont kept rescue squads and am
balances running between the
hospitals and the scene at Georgia
avenue extended and the road TO
Colesville.
Silver Spring Police Corpl. Melvin
Wheeler said Mr.. Long was pass
enger in a car operated by Bernard
Murphy. "a, of Route 4, Rockville,
who also is in critical condition at
the Montgomery County General
Hospital.
Corpk Wheeler said an automo-
bile operated by William B. King.
25, Gaithersburg, attempted to pass
Mr.. Murphy's car travelling the
same direction and when Mr.. King
pulled to the left he sideswiped an
approaching car, the occupants OF
which were not identified by police.
At the same time, Corpl. Wheeler
said, Mr.. Murphy's car went out Of
control and collided with an auto
mobile operated by Wilbur Royal,
%. Layhill, Md, which was follow
ing the car that had been sideswlped
by Mr.. Kings automobile.
Three Taken to Hospitals.
Three passengers in Mr.. Royals
car were taken to hospitals They
were listed as Charles Elton Parker,
Is, of 1928 Shepherd street NV,
who was treated for shock and a
lacerated chin at Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda. His wife, Mrs. Virginia
Parker, 26, and the drivers wife,
Mrs. Myrtle Royal, %, were taken
to Montgomery County General Hos
pital. The condition of all three
was reported as satisfactory.
Corpl. Wheeler said Mr.. King had
been charged with reckless driving.
leaving the scene of an accident and
Charges of man
also were placed against
MIR. Royal and Mr.. Murphy, he said.
Colonel Critically Injured.
Traffic was unusually heavy, and
while cars were still parked at the
scene 40 minutes later an automo-
bile crashed into the rear of a
parked car which, in turn, cata-
pulled into two other parked ve-
hicles. Corpl. Wheeler said the
driver in the second crash was 1t.
Col. Clarence r. Ford, Somerset,
KY, stationed at the Walter Reed
Convalescent Center, Forest Glen.
He was critically injured and taken
to Walter Reed Hospital. Two
Army officers in the car were not
seriously hurt.
Also injured in the second crash
were four occupants of the parked
cars, Corpl. Wheeler said. They
were listed as Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hargraves, colored, 1000 block Of
Seventh street NE, and Mr.. and
Mrs, Herman Cunningham, colored
of the 1900 block of North Carolinf
avenue NE. All were taken to SUBJ
urban Hospital, and Mr.. Hargraves
was reported in critical condition.
Mr.. Edwards was killed while
walking along Route l at Snaks
Hill in Fairfax County. He was
taken to Alexandria Hospital by
the Penn Daw Rescue Squad and
later was transferred to George
Washington Hospital.
The report that he was struck
by a truck was investigated by State
Trooper E. C. Trice.
Dragged 13O Feet.
MIR. Choppers was dragged more
than 100 feet on Good Hope road
Sc. when he was struck by a car
operated, according to police, by
william L. Jurney, 10, attached to
the naval communications annex,
Nebraska and ' Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
In second District accident
yesterday, Mrs. Edna Rustin, 46, OF
619 Fifty-fourth street Sc. suffered
q possible fracture of the vertebrae
and back injuries when a west
bound streetcar in which she was
riding jumped the tracks on Kenil-
worth avenue near Foote street NE.
Also injured, not seriously, was
another passenger, Beulah Eddy, As.
of $500 Fitch street NE. Both
women were taken to Casualty Hos
pital, where Mrs. Rustin was ad-t
mitted for X-rays.
The streetcar operator, Roger E.
Fighter, 81, of 5611a Fifteenth street
Sc, was charged with failure to
give full time and attention to his
driving