Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24
-Four Are Injured
As Cars Collide
AT Landover
Driver Attempting
To Pass on Bridge
Hits Auto Heod-on
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Four persons, all of Riva, Md, were
injured, one seriously, in a head-on
collision Of two automobiles early
today on the Landover road bridge
over the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks about 2 miles from Bladens.
burg, Md.
The injured were listed by Prince
Georges County police as:
George w. Galloway, AZ, identified
as the driver of one of the cars, in
serious condition with internal in.
juries. :
George M. Galloway, II, who police
said was the elder Galloway's
nephew, fractured leg, arm and
hip.
Ray Scherer, about %, possible
fractured thigh and fractured right
ankle.
Gilbert snead, 80, face and head
cuts.
The younger Galloway was taken
to Leland Memorial Hospital, River
dale, and the other three were adj
mitted to the Prince Georges Gem
eral Hospital, Cheverly.
Police said all were passengers
in the Galloway car.
Car Overturns.
According to police, Mr.. Gallo
ways car was passing another car
when 1t collided with an automobile
driven by Andrew A. Dean, IT,, Col.
mar Manor, and overturned. Mr..
Dean was uninjured.
The front seat of the Galloway
car was removed by rescue workers
in order to extricate the injured
men.
A few minutes after the accident
occurred, police said, car driven
by Joseph w. Marshall, colored.
Upper Marlboro, stopped about
feet from the. wrecked Galloway
automobile, and was struck in the
rear by car driven by DR.. William
Brainen, Capitol Heights. Both men
were uninjured.
Police said the accident may have
been caused by the heavy fog which
obscured vision.
Traffic was blocked almost an
hour.
Del Ray Pupils Unhurt.
Meanwhile, in Virginia, Is Alex
andria school children were back at
their desks in Congressional School.
Del Ray, today, after receiving q
shaking up yesterday when their
school bus overturned en- route home
from school.
The bus, which was driven by Nor.
ris Haislip, 43, Of the Shirley Homes,
Arlington, went over on its side after
colliding at Commonwealth avenue
and Nelson street with a station
wagon which, police said, was op-
Grated by Foster Byrd, 81, of IS
East Walnut street, Alexandria.
Alexandra police charged Byrd
with reckless driving.
Passing motorists and pedestrians
helped the frightened youngsters.
who ranged in age: from S to Z years,
from the bus.
The Alexandria Fire Rescue Squad
took the children to the Alexandria
Hospital, but only one needed treat
ment. He was Richard Hartman, 6,
Of 127 South Fairfax street, Alex
andria, who received cuts about the
face.
State Trooper In Collision.
In Prince Georges County yes
terday, Maryland State Trooper
Ernest e. Hudgins, 23, of Baltimore,
escaped serious injury when he was
thrown from his motorcycle after
colliding with an automobile on the
Baltimore boulevard at College Park.
Trooper Hudgins was pursuing q
speeding automobile when he ran
into the rear of another automobile.
He was catapulted over the top Of
the car and slid another 10 feet after
striking the ground.
He was treated at Leland Memorial
Hospital for cuts and bruises.
In the District Walter c. FRANKIE,
70. of 1906 D street NE, was charged
with travelling at an unreasonable
speed after his automobile went out
of control at Fourteenth street and
Tennessee avenue NE. early this
morning and crashed into two
parked cars.
FRANKIE and four passengers re-
ceived minor injuries in the crash,
according to police.
Car Catches Fire.
The Fire Department was called
to the scene when Franke's car
caught fire after the collisions. Tho
car, however, suffered only minor
fire damage, police said.
Following a two-car collision at
New York avenue and Fenwick
street NE. early today, the driver
of one car, Ralph w. Palmer, 80,
of 1875 Lynhaven drive, Alexandria.
was charged with failing to yield
the right of way and falling to
report an accident injury.
Isabelle Barnett, colored, Of 4404
Rhode Island avenue NV, a pas
senger in the second car, which was
operated by James Proctor, 56e9
Eads street NE, was treated at
Freedmen's Hospital for bruises.
william L. Dezern, "a, 2425 Mount
Vernon avenue, Alexandra, q pas
senger in Palmer's car, also sui.
fered minor bruises.
Mack Hendricks, So, Of 1883 New.
ton street NV, was injured Sc
verely in bus-truck accident near
Waynesboro, Tenn, yesterday, in
which one man was killed and 16
passengers were injured. Mr.. Hen
bricks, q veteran of World War I,
was en- route to Memphis when the
crash occurred. The dead man was
identified as Wayne G. Sparkes, 50,
of Eads, Tenn.