Evening star., 1947-04-21
5 Killed, Score
Hurt in Traffic
Over WeekE End
Pedestrians $ Death
Roises D. G. Toll
This Year to "a

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Five deaths and score of Id
juries were the toll IN i long list
of weekend traf1lc accidents ii the
District and nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
One death, the result OF q cab
accident at Eleventh and * streets
NV. brought the District trafic
fatalities to a, compared with 10
at this time last year.
The dead were: 81. s q
Joe Basile. IS, stone macon, Of
300 Mount Vernon place NV, killed
N the accident at Eleventh and K
streets.
Donald Allen Davidson, 8, Of 672l
Book road. Oxon Hill, Nd, killed
when his bicycle and an automobile
collided yesterday.
James w. Long, 81, Route Z,
Hagerstown. killed yesterday in q
collision between the truck he was
driving and cab.
Charles w. Mann, GaitherSburr
Killed while walking along Highway
24o at Middlebrook Saturday night.
An unidentified man, driver Of 4
car with South Carolina license
plates, was killed near Triangle. va.
Saturday night, when his car. and
a trailer truck collided.
Man Struck by Cab.
MI. Basile was struck early sun
day morning by cab police said
was driven by Joseph p. Touma. az.
OF 1913 Kansas avenue NV. The
cab was going north on Eleventh
street NV. when 1t came into col.
hsion with cab driven by Frank.
ford Coker, IS. colored, of 172o
seventeenth street NV, which was
going west on K street,
Police said Touma's cab continued
north on Eleventh street, striking
Mr.. Basil and dragging him 80 feet
before crashing into tree. A pas
senger IN the second cab, Miss Genes
We've Holbrook, Al, of 600 Massa.
chusetts avenue NV, received con-
tusionS on the left arm and
shoulder. She was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital and released.
Tounna was treated at Emer-
gency for a possible fracture of the
right shoulder and abrasions on
both knees. He was charged with
reckless driving and falling to give
full attention to driving.
Mr.. Long was killed In a collision
between his truck and a Washing
ton cab which police said was
driven by Gene L. Blake, az, of $50
A street NV. Five persons in Mr..
Longs truck also were injured. AZ
well as Blake and four other per-
sons in the cab. Blake was charged
with manslaughter.
Struck While on Highway.
Details Of Mr.. Mann's death
were not available. He was struck
by ap automobile while walking
along ssthe highway near Middle-
brook. about miles west Of Cal
The Triangle accident occurred
when the South Carolina car broke
loose from an automobile It was
oSWAAAS. Go tilc CdT SWcIVeQ and
crashed into an oncoming trailer
truck, the driver was thrown
out and the car caught fire. Tho
body of the unidentified man was
taken to funeral home In Fred
ericksburg.
Three persons were seriously in.
jured as the result of a head-on
crash on Memorial Bridge early
Sunday morning. In Emergency
Hospital were Rodney G. Darneille.
SO, OF 2720 Ordway street NV. and
his wife, Mrs. Ruth Darneille. 80.
whose car was in a collision with 4,
vehicle driven by B. Douglas Stone.
Jr., 10, OF Fairfax, Va. Mr.. Darneille
suffered possible skull fracture.
concussion and lacerations. Mrs.
Darneille received skull fracture.
conclusion and lacerations on her
lace. scalp and arms and legs. Mr..
Stone is In George Washington Hos
pital with possible fractured ribs and
injured to the left knee and forearm,