Evening star., 1948-09-09
a 1een-Aeers Injured
AS Car 0yerfurns at
ShirIineion Circle

-Four Ceen-age tlrglnlanS Wert
hurt last night, one seriously, wher
the automobile in which they were
riding overturned after another cal
struck it on the Shirley highway
circle at Shirlington.
Most seriously hurt was Edith
Rager, 16, of 191 Chinquapin Village
Alexandria. Her condition was de-
scribed as "fair" today at Alex
andria Hospital. She Is suffering
from head injuries. -
Treated at the hospital and re.
leased were Donald Clifford Lee
10, Of 2725 South Cleveland street
Arlington, listed by Arlington po-
lice as the driver of the car; Betty
Jane Nichols, 18, of 161 Chinquapir
Village, and Wesley Howard, 18, o1
Route 2, Alexandria. All suffered
minor injuries, the hospital said.
Arlington police said the accident
occurred about II pm. when q csl
driven by Vernon Howard Warfeld
IS, of 215 Commonwealth avenue
Alexandria, struck the right rear oi
the OCner VEHICLE.
Thrown From Car.
Police said they were told that
all four of the injured were thrown
out of the car as it rolled over.
Both Lee and Warf1eld were re-
leased by police pending the out
come of Miss Rager's injuries. Also
in the Warfield car was the drivers
mother, Mrs. Rebecca w. Warfleld
of the Commonwealth avenue ad-
dress.
Miss Rager is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William D. Rager and at
tends George Washington High
School in Alexandria.
The wife, sister-in-1aw and two
children of the counselor Of the Ar
gentine Embassy. and the daughter
of its secretary were recuperating
at home today from injuries suf-
fered when the car in which they
were riding yesterday struck a tree
at Connecticut avenue and Irving
street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Treated for Injuries.
IICdtCu db 0uUuA bdll 4AOSPAtdi 1OA
cuts and bruises were Mrs. Lydia del
Campo, 81, wife of Counselor Don
Zohar Ramon del Campo: their two
children, Martha, 6, and Richard, 4;
Mr.. del Campo's sister-in-1aw, Es-
ther Mendoza, 26, and Maria Luisa
Posada, S, daughter Of Secretary
Don Francisco Carlos de Posada.
Mrs. de del Campo was driving
the car at the time of the accident.
Patricia Louise Ogletree, 10, OF
327 C street Sc, was reported i'm
proving at Providence Hospital to-
day, after she and her sister, Hilda
Ann, 4, were struck by an automo-
bile at Fourth street and North
Carolina avenue Sc. yesterday as
they rode on a bicycle.
The elder sister suffered injuries
to her left arm, while the younger
was treated for head cuts. Driving
the car, police reported, was DR..
James M. Fadeley, So, Of 1898 Thirty
second street NV, who took Pa
tricia Louise to the hospital.
Woman Hit by Truck.
In another accident yesterday,
Mrs. Frances Clore, 88, colofed, OF
726 Kastle place NE, suffered a
broken right arm and shock when
she was hit by a truck while cross
ing the street at Twenty-fourth
street and Benning road NE. She
was taken to Gallinger Hospital.
Police said the truck was driven
by James washington, A., colored,
of 1889 Stanton terrace Sc.
A 6-year-old boy was taken to
Children's Hospital last night with
severe head injuries suffered when
he was struck by q truck while
crossing in the 100 block of Cor
coran street NV. He is Charles
Ward, jr., colored, of Alexandria.
Police said Erskine A. Davis, 29,
colored, of 1880 M street NV, was
driving the truck.