Evening star., 1949-07-21
Boy, 5, Fatally Injured
By Car; Several Hurt
In Other Accidents

William Lee Meehan, 5-year-
old son of a District Jail guard,
was fatally injured last night
when he was struck by an auto
mobile at Fourteenth and q
streets NE.
The boy, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Meehan, 1863 Maryland
avenue NE, died at Casualty Hos
pital less than an hour after the
accident. He suffered crushed
chest and fractured left arm.
It was the 37th traffic fatality
of the year in Washington, COM
pared with 40 at this time last
year.
Driver of the car was listed as
Mathew s. Stepienski, 81, of 1887
E street NE, an estimator for
the Government Printing Office.
He was charged with failing to
yield the right of way to pedes-
trian and suspected criminal neg
ligence.
Child Blamed in Crash.
In another. accident, an un-
identified child who darted into
the street was blamed for a crash
in which a streetcar and truck
collided in the 1900 block of North
Capitol street. Police said the
driver of the truck, James r.
Luskey, %, of 502 B street NE,
explained he stopped suddenly to
avoid hitting the child. Mr..
Luskey suffered a fractured left
arm and his passenger, Humbert
v. Imbres, 48. of 48 w street NV,
sustained a bruised back.
Two young Marines of Company
A, Henderson Hall, were injured
when their car crashed into q
barricade on Canal road near
Macarthur boulevard near mid
night last night and overturned.
The driver, Charles Omer Gam
BILE, 18, was treated at Georgetown
University Hospital for injuries
to the neck, right knee and right
arm and transferred to Bethesda
Naval Hospital. His companion,
William Casey, 19, had injuries
to the left arm and was taken to
Bethesda Hospital.
Six Hurt in Collision.
Six persons were hospitalized
last night after collision between
a Washington bound Greyhound
bus and an automobile on Central
avenue near Hall, Md, in Prince
Georges County.
Police said about six other peo-
Pile were reported treated for mi
nor injuries at the scene.
The only bus passengers hospi-
talized were Mrs. Dorothy Lawr-
ence, "a, of the 2400 block South
Twenty-seventh street, Arlington,
who was admitted to George
Washington University Hospital
with cuts and bruises, and Jerry
Colbert, %, of the 5000 block of
Queens drive, Hyattsville, who was
released after treatment at Prince
Georges General Hospital for
shoulder injuries.
The driver of the automobile,
Robert A. Coleman, jr., IT, of the
4400 block of Third street Sc,
was treated at Sibley Hospital for
cuts and bruises.
Passengers in his car who were
injured were: Charles r. HudloY.
10, of Forest Heights. Md, @ad-
mitted,t to Sibley Hospital with pos
sible rib fractures; Miss Patricia
Eagan. II, of the $500 block of
Nichols avenue Sc, admitted to
Prince Georges Hospital with a /
possible leg fracture. and Ray
mond Leinbach, 18, of the, $500
block of Third street Sc, ad-
mitted to Casualty Hospital for
observation. ---a - |
Slides Into Ditch.
Police said none of the injuries
were believed serious. The bus,
which was bound for Washington
from Ocean City, Md, slid into
five-foot ditch after the collision.
Mr.. Coleman and the bus driver,
j. F. Baines, 20, of the 800 block
of Jefferson street NV, both were
charged with reckless driving. No
hearing was set.
In another accident nearby,
three Bethesda youths were in
jured yesterday when the car they
were passengers in crashed into
q telephone pole at Sleaford and
Chelton roads, Bethesda.
Injured were George D. Bragaw.
1s. of the 5000 block of Lancaster
drive, treated and released at Sub
urban Hospital for a cut arm;
Jack DAILY. II, of the 4400 block
of East-West highway. admitted
to Suburban with head cuts, and
Thomas Dwyer, Is, of the 4700
block Of Chase avenue, treated
for cuts and bruises.
Police said the car was driven
by Martin C. McHugh, IA, of the
TOO block of Chelton road, Be-
thesda. He was charged with
driving without permit and faces
a hearing in Juvenile Court.
Bragaw, who, police said, owned
the car, was charged with per-
mitting his car to be driven by
an unlicensed operator. He will
have a hearing in Bethesda Police
Court August 8.
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