Evening star., 1949-12-05
FourYouthsHurt
|AsCarCrashes
Into Market
Auto Hits Toxi, Leaps
Sidewalk; Driver
Seriously Injured


One youth was seriously injured
and three others hurt last night
when a car struck the rear end
of a taxi, hurtled the sidewalk
and crashed into a market.
Donald F.. Beuchert, 18, an ap-
prentice plumber. of CLIO B street.
Capitol Heights, Md, driver OF the
1886 automobile, is In Casualty
Hospital with a compound frac-
ture of the jaw and severe cuts
on the throat.
Police said damage to the car.
the taxi and to the Lincoln Mar
ket, 901 Eighth street Sc, may
exceed s1.4oo.
Others injured, all of them oc-
cupants of the Beuchert car.
were:
Pics. Delbert Neicwarmer, 20,
of Hagerstown, Md, attached to
Boiling Air Force Base, who is
at the Boiling hospital with head
injuries and cuts: Thomas B.
Bales, 18, also of Boiling, treated
at Casualty and released to Walter
Reed Hospital. and Dewey Evans.
10, another Boiling soldier, re-
leased from Casualty Hospital
after treatment for back and
shoulder injuries.
Three Pedestrians Injured.
The taxi driver. Chester I.
Wiley of 918 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc, was uninjured.
Police said the Beuchert car,
travelling at least 40 miles an hour,
struck the taxi a blancing blow
as the two autos travelled south
on Eighth street near the I street
intersection. No charges were
filed, but a hearing is to be held
at the corporation counsel's Office.
In other week end accidents,
three pedestrians and a taxi pas
senger were injured in Washing
ton and three suburban residents
were hurt.
They were:
Tony Zebalas, Sc, of 1920 Ninth
street NV, in Casualty Hospital
with leg injuries after being struck
by an auto at Ninth street and
Massachusetts, avenue NV. The
driver, James Albert Nipper, "a,
colored, of Baltimore, was charged
with failure to give the right Of
way to a pedestrian.
Virginia Youth Hurt.
Miss Suyhela Kraman. 27, Navy
secretary. of 2126 R street NV.
in Emergency Hospital with head
injuries. She was a passenger in
a taxi operated by James Geron-
dakis, "A. of 725 Tenth street NE.
which collided with another taxi
driven by Thomas M. Lipscomb.
25, of 2704 Kirkwood place.
Hyattsville. Md. The accident
occurred at Seventeenth street
NV.
Stanley Magid, %. of Walter
Reed Hospital, who suffered a
fractured left leg and back in
juries when struck by an auto on
Ninth street NV. near L street.
Driver of the car was John w.
Parker, IS, of 339 Massachusetts
avenue Sc.
John Mears, jr., Sc, Of 1922 Elev-
enth street NV, taken to Emer-
gency Hospital with fractured
ribs, cuts and bruises after he
was struck by streetcar at Elev-
enth and M streets NV. Operator
of the streetcar was listed as
Bernard O'Mahoney, 81, of 20l0
Fourth street NE.
Henry r. Detwiler, II. Of Cliff
ton, Va, a laborer for the Vir-
ginia Department of Highways,
was reported in serious condition
as the result of injuries suffered
in an accident in Fairfax County.
Car Forced OFF Road.
Attendants at Arlington Hospi-
tai said he suffered severe cuts
on the right eye and undeter-
mined head injuries in a crash
shortly after Saturday midnight.
Fairfax police reported the
youth was in an automobile driven
by Charles w. Pearson, %, Route
Il, Clifton. They quoted the driver
as saying an approaching car
forced him off the road on
Route 123 curve. The Pearson
automobile crashed into wooden
fence and struck a telephone pole
near the Oakton Elementary
School.
Mark Watson, 63. of 312 West
Boulevard drive, Alexandria, was
struck by an automobile as he
walked along Mount Vernon
boulevard Saturday night and as
a result lost his right arm. He
was reported in fairly good" con-
dition today at Alexandria Hos
pital
G. w. Dickinson, 27, of Toronto.
Ohio, said the pedestrian got into
the path of his car, although he
swerved in an attempt to miss
Mr.. Watson.
Mrs. Alma Kelbaugh, 46, Of
Bowie was injured last night in
an accident at Seabrook, Md.
Prince Georges General Hospital,
Cheverly, admitted her as a
patient for treatment of scalp
cuts. County police said they did
not have details of the accident.
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