Evening star., 1946-08-02
d Injured Critically;
Vehicle Crushed After
Collision on Span
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At least Al persons were in
tured - four critically - shortly
before 8 am. today when an
Arnold Line bus crowded with
oficebound Government work
ers and service personnel
Skidded through a guard rail at
the Washington approach to
Arlington Memorial Bridge and
plunged 80 feet to the. pavement
below after a head-on collision
with an automobile.
The bus was so badly wrecked
and SO much blood was in evidence
that police thought in the first ex-
element that fatalities had resulted
The spot where the vehicle landed
on Potomac Rock Greek Parkway
is about 25 feet from the bank of
the Potomac River.
Every available ambulance was
called to the scene and removed
victims to Emergency and Casu-
atty hospitals and the nearby Navy
Department dispensary for treat
ment. Some of the more-seriously
injured Naval personnel involved
later were removed to Bethesda
Medical Center.
Critically Injured Identified.
The four most critically injured
are:
Lit Comdr. Louis Caruso, jr., 38, OF
the United States Maritime Service
1901 North KenilWorth street, Airing
ton. nov at the United States Naval
Medical Center. Bethesda, Nd, being
treated for a fractured left thigh
bone and shock.
Harold Hutchinson, 33, 1909 Ken
s sington street North. Arlington
Navy Department attorney, AT
Emergency Hospital with possible
broken back and head injury.
Miss Jean Mosedale, 20, of 2503
North Sixteenth street, Arlington
also at Emergency with a possible
skull fracture
Mrs. Marjorie Taylor Mead of
1907 North Washington boulevard,
Arlington, at Casualty Hospital.
was regarded in critical condition
with cerebral conclusion, fractured
right tibia and multiple lacerations
of the face.
Auto Driver Lost Control.
Police said the driver of the
automobile concerned. Stephen Lee
Grover. 18, of Cathedral Mansions,
told them the collision occurred
when he lost control of his car while
making q right turn to the bridge
from the driveway around the Lin
coin Memorial.
C.Y. Turner and E. A O'Callaghan
of the Accident Investigating Unit,
who questioned the youth, said he
explained that just as his car went
out of control, the bus loomed up
in front of him. struck the car on
the right front at almost 80 degree
angle. and then went into skid.
Young Grover, they said, could not
explain why he lost control Of his
car, and did not know if he skidded.
Police concluded that the car must
have gone into a skid.
Bus Driver Injured, Shocked.
The Grover boy and Robert M
Hill, 80, BOT Tenth street NV, the
bus driver, were injured. The latter
was SO badly shocked, police said
that he could not be questioned.
The Grover youths story was in
line with the account of 1t. Comdr
J. K Knoch, l104 North Kentucky
street. Arlington, a bus passenger
He said the automobile sWerved in
front of the bus as it turned into
the bridge, and that as the driver
swung the heavy vehicle around in
an unsuccessful effort to avoid the
collision, the bus Skidded, and
bounced into the guard rail after
the impact with the car.
Bus Hung Over Edge of Bridge.
The car driver was thrown
through the windshield Of his We
hicle, and taken from the scene
unconscious, according to reports.
The bus hung for moment ir
the wreckage of the bridge rail, then
nosed over and down
There were more than so passen-
gers in the bus. according to reports
and as the vehicle careened down
ward many of them, particularly
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