Evening star., 1947-05-05
|3Area Residents
Die in Weekend
Auto Accidents
Mishup Here Sends
Deaths in Troffic
For Year to ~

Three District area residents were
Killed In traffic accidents yesterday
and this morning, one when his car
was struck be q streetcar at Kenil-
worth avenue and Quarles street
NE. and the other two In collisions
near Danville, Va, and Centre-
vile, Va.
Dead are:
Robert 8. Lueben, IT,. SO, of 202s
Higdon road NE, q nachinist en-
|ployed In q shop at Hyattsville.
Mrs. Pearl A. La Tella, 47, OF 240l
Randolph avenue, Alexandra. 4
Veterans Administration employe.
Thomas Henry Young, 40, OF Old
Georgetown road, Rockville.
IS Mr.. Lueben's death brings the
number of persons killed in traffic
accidents in Washington to az this
year. On the same date last year.
II persons had been killed.
Mr.. Lueben was riding In an auto.
mobile driven by his father, Robert
S. Leuben, 81, yesterday afternoon.
The car was travelling east on
Quarles street when it collided with
the streetcar, which was going north
on Kenilworth avenue NE, police
said. The streetcar pushed the au-
tomobile about IS feet, according to
police.
Father In Hospital.
The father was admitted at Cas-
ualty Hospital with a possible frae-
ture Of the skull, but his condition
was described as fair. His son died
said.
Police listed the streetcar operator
as Joe Harrison, As, OF Rosslyn, Va.
He was ordered held for action Of
the coroner and released In the
custody .of Capital Transit Co. Of
fetal.
The younger Lueben is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Evelyn Lueben,
and two children, 13 and 8 years old.
Cars Crash Near DanvilIe.
Mrs. La Tella was killed yester-
day morning when a car, driven BY
her son, Michael La Tella, 18, col.
lided with another automobile near
Danville, Va. The son was adj
mitted to Danville Memorial Hos
pital with slight injuries. Mrs. La
Tella and her son were driving to
Atlanta for visit with Mrs. La Tel
las married daughter.
Virginia State Police said one oc-
cupant of the other automobile.
Gaynell Williams of Lynchburg, Va,
was admitted to the Danville hos
pital with possible skull fracture.
The other occupant, Thomas Pow
ers OF Amarillo, Tex, was injured
slightly.
Mr.. Young was killed instantly
early this morning when the auto-
mobile he was driving collided with
. truck on Lee highway, three miles
west of Centreville, Va, State
Trooper P. p. Herndon reported.
Mr.. Herndon said the victims
car was Washington bound. He said
a technical charge OF manslaughter
had been placed against Paul
Boyer, 38, Of Toughkenamon, Pa,
the driver Of the truck, who was
not hurt.
Legs Fractured by Car.
In another accident in the Dis
trict, Frank Levi, AZ, of New York
City, had both legs fractured when
he was struck by an automobile at
Sixteenth and M streets NV. He
was admitted to Freedmen's Hos
pital.
Police charged the driver Of the
automobile, Lawrence j. Chasko, 80,
of 4412 Faraday place NV, with
leaving after colliding.
Two persons were injured in O
two taxicab collision at Rhode
Island avenue and Twelfth street
NV. early yesterday, police re-
ported.
One of the cabs was driven by
Arthur E. Melandry, AZ, of 2008
Jackson street NE. His wife, Mrs.
Elma Mae Meiandry, SO, was admit
ted to Emergency Hospital with q
fractured knee. A passenger In the
other cab, Lilly Rods, "a, OF 53l1
Eighth street NV, was treated for
lacerations and bruises at Garfield
Hospital. Police listed the driver Of
this cab at Eddie Browning. 40.
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