Evening star., 1947-11-03
| Dead End Street Crash
Kills Driver, Raising
ID. T.. Traffic Toll 10 81

went went through the END OF
dead end street a week ago dice
yesterday at Casualty Hospital
raising the Districts 1947 traffic
toll to 81 fatalities.
He was Marvin E. Turner, 27, o1
SO New York avenue NE.
Mr.. Turner suffered a skull frac-
ture October 25 when the car he
was driving north on Fourth street
NV. leaped the curb where Fourth
street meets Sheridan street. The
car travelled IS feet into the Col
lidge High School playground and
rolled dow 15-foot embankment
police said.
Alfred DeArgo, Is, of 806 Green
wood avenue, Takoma Park, Md.
passenger in the car, was treated
at Emergency Hospital for minor
injuries and released.
Funeral Rites Tomorrow.
Funeral services for Mr.. Turner
who had lived in Washington eight
years, are scheduled at 2:30 pm. to-
morrow at Woodstock, Va. Burial
will be in Hudson Cross Roads Gem
etery near Mount Jackson, Va. Mr.
Turner was a native of Shenandoah
County. Va.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs
Annie C. Turner of Mount Clifton
Va, and 10 brothers and sisters
Earl F., Norman, Stanley. and
Charles Turner and Mrs. Rodney
Good, all of Washington; Mrs. Gar
land Golliday of Quicksburg, Va;
Mrs. Hope Mooney of Conicville
Va; Mrs. OFT Flick of Harrisonburg
Va, and the Misses Mary and Anna
Turner of Mount Clifton.
Yesterday morning Virginia
man was killed when the automo-
bile in which he was a passenger
ran off the road and overturned
three miles west of Erica in West
rnoreland County, Va. The victim
was Perry Thompson, So, colored, OF
Machodoc, Va.
Police listed the driver as Burney
E. Ashton. 20, colored, of the first
block of H street SW. He and foul
passengers suffered lesser injuries
The driver was charged with in
voluntary manslaughter and driv-
ing while under the influence OF
liquor, police said.
Woman Victim Unidentified.
At Alexandria Hospital an uni
Identified woman who State police
said was struck by a car S miles
south of the city yesterday was re.
ported in poor condition.
The woman was described as semi.
conscious, with fractures of botf
legs, ribs and wrist, as we'll as heae
injuries and possible internal In
juries.
Virginia State police could give
no details of the accident.
The woman, authorities said, i!
about As years old, 5 feet 7 inche,
tall and weighs about 140 pounds
She was wearing blue dungarees, g
brown coat and white blouse, il
was reported.
Boy Falls and Is Struck.
In another accident here yester'
day Jerry McCombs, 10, of 400'
South Capitol street, suffered leg in
juries when he fell while running
across Atlantic avenue S.W. neal
South Capitol street. and was strucl
by a taxicab driven by Oscar F. Kei
mer, so, of the 100 block of Bayel
road S.W.
John T. Weber, %, of TOO Wes
Braddock, street, Alexandria, Va
was reported in good condition a
Mount Alto Hospital after being in
jured in a collision at Second and
streets NV. of his motorcycle ant
an automobile. Driver of the car
James L. Legg, IS, of the 1900 blocl
Of Ingraham street NV, wa
charged with failing to yield th'
right of way, police said.
Lairman H. Hooper. 81, Route /
Alexandria, was reported in serious
condition at Alexandria Hospital
Authorities said he was struck by
hit-and-run car south of Alexan.
dria early yesterday. and suffered
head injuries and possible interna
injuries.
Virginia State police charged Pfc
J. c. Lucas. stationed at Fort Bel
voir, with hit and run driving ir
another accident. Police said his car
struck Frank Carroll, 48, of Camden
Me-, two miles south of Alexandra
Saturday The injured man was
treated at Alexandria Hospital fol-
minor injuries and released. Pfc
Lucas was held under $500 bond ir
Fairfax jail. A hearing on the
charge is scheduled Wednesday.