Evening star., 1947-05-12
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Accidents Cause
5 Traffic Deaths
Over Week End
One Killed 4 Injured
As Cob Plunees OFF
Baltimore Boulevard

Trafac accidents resulted In the
deaths Of five persons in the WASH
ington area over the weekend.
The dead:
Hosie Courtney, %, of 7424 Wis
consin avenue, Bethesda.
william Hicks, 43, colored, 1918
Braxton place, Hyattsville.
Robert Gray, 10, colored, Mount
Harmony, Md.
orrin j. Shew, 20, Springfield
N. j.
Lucille McAllister, Z, colored, 1915
Central place, NE.
Mr.. Courtney was killed early
yesterday when taxicab in which
he was a passenger ran of the
Washington Baltimore boulevard al
Beltsyille onto the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad tracks and snapped
of a telegraph pole, according tt
State police. State Trooper Ear
Grifnth reported Mr.. Courtney diec
when the pole crashed on the cab
Two In Hospital.
Two Of the other four occupants
of the taxi still were in Prince
Georges General Hospital. Cheyerly,
today. The driver, James L. Day,
"a, of 48l3 Auburn avenue, Bethesda,
was in fair condition with brain
injuries and numerous lacerations.
John Robert Turner, 10, of 4509
Walsh street, Chevy Chase, Nd,
was in fair condition with spinal
cord injuries.
Charles Russell Beavers, %, of
1852 Cordell street, Bethesda. was
treated at the hospital and released
and Paul Francis Downs, %, 908
Maple avenue, Rockville, was re-
leased after treatment at Leland
Memorial Hospital, Riverdale.
Mr.. Hicks body was found on
Largo road, about miles north Of
Upper Marlboro, yesterday. 1t is
believed he was the victim of hit
and-run driver, Prince Georges
County police said. They said q
stolen truck was found abandoned
in field about 100 feet from the
body but persons who noticed the
truck Saturday night did not see the
body. DR.. James I. Boyd, county
coroner, was to perform an autopsy
today.
State Trooper Stewart d. Gibson
Of the Waldorf substation said the
Gray youth was struck by an auto
mobile driven by William Hugh Nc
Kenney, 46, Forestville, Md, about
2 am. yesterday on Route 260 in
Calvert County.
Bond Set at $1,000.
Trooper Gibson. according to the
Associated Press, said Mr.. McKen-
ney reported the accident at the
station about 10 am. He was charg-
ed with .manslaughter and failure
to stop after an accident, police said.
His bond was set at $1,000 A hear
ing was scheduled for Friday In
Trial Magistrates Court at Prince
Frederick.
Mr.. Shew died yesterday in Ar
lington Hospital from injuries re-
ceived Saturday when his motor
cycle struck stone wall at Lee
highway and North Stafford street
Arlington police said the accident
occurred when he failed to make
the turn. His injuries included q
skull fracture, cuts and bruises and
shock.
The McAllister child died at 9:5C
o'clock last night in Casualty Hos
pital, and the driver of the auto
mobile which struck her five hours
earlier was charged with falling te
yield the right of way to a pedes-
trian. He was held for action OF the
coroner.
Police said the girl was crossing
West Virginia avenue when hit
The automobile was driven by War
rem c. Webb, IS, of isis Twenty
eighth street NV, police reported
Two on Sidewalk Hit.
Struck while they stood on the
sidewalk at North Carolina avenue
and Tenth street NE. by an auto
mobile spinning from a collision at
the intersection, Mrs. Edna Edval-
son. SO, of BIS East Capital street
and her son, Terry, we're in Casualty
Hospital today.
Police said a car, driven by Pres
ton A. Blundon, Al, of 4101 Jefferson
street, Hytattsville, was travelling
south on Tenth street when it col.
lided with car on North Carolins
avenue, driven by Helen v. Smith
81, of 1929 East Capitol street. The
Biundon auto, they said, spun arounc
aftes the crash and ran onto the
sidewalk
Mrs. Edvalson was treated fol
possible back injuries and the boy
for possible internal and head in.
juries.
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