Evening star., 1949-11-24
7 KILLED, /, Il Hurt
In Area Crashes;
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Auto Hits Bus
8 Norfolk Residents
Injured in Collision
FutuI to Motorist
CAR DRIVEN by D. c. Man Runs
Off Ferry Dock. Page, Al.

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Off Ferry Dock. Page. Al.
Two men were killed and II
persons were injured early today
in three accidents. near Wash
ington.
The automobile in which one
of the men died crashed head-on
into a private bus heavily loaded
with colored residents of Norfolk,
bound for Baltimore to attend a
Thanksgiving Day football game.
Eight of the bus passengers were
hurt in the Virginia crash.
The dead men were:
Sergt. Thomas David Dixon, %,
who was stationed at Fort Bragg,
N. C. His car struck the bus on
Route /, 32 miles north OF Fred
ericksburg.
Chevie Williams. jr., %. colored,
of the 800 block of Sixty-third
street NE. He died in Maryland
when an automobile in which he
was riding struck a guide rail on
the George Palmer highway near
Vista, Prince Georges County.
Warrant Officer injured.
The third accident occurred on
Route l near Pohick Church. Vir-
ginia State police reported it in
volved single car and in this
mishap one person was hurt. He
is Marine Warrant Officer Ray
mond Chester Steele, Al, stationed
at Quantico. The police said his
car failed to make a sharp turn,
struck two trees and two mail
boxes, then turned over SO yards
from the point it left the high
way. His injuries were reported
as minor by Quantico authorities.
State Trooper z. T. Leach Of
Fredericksburg said Sergt. Dixon's
car. headed south. cut across two
lanes of Route l and hit the bus
on the far side of the road. The
collision occurred at Cranes Cor
ner.
The soldiers car was demolished
and apparently he died instantly.
Trooper Leach estimated the bus
was carrying at least Is passen-
gers. All of the injured were taken
to Mary Washington Hospital,
Fredericksburg, but only two were
admitted. They are Mrs. Elizabeth
Randolph. IS, and Mrs. Mamie
Justice, Il. Both were to undergo
X-ray examination today to deter
mine the extent of their injuries.
-', Driver Booked.
The other bus passengers who
received hospital treatment are
John Reed. 20; Harry Skinner,
"a; Eugene Patterson. IS: Mrs.
Jessie Allen. 37;s Frank Roscoe,
a, and Mrs. Beatrice Nickols, 38.
Trooper Leach said he booked
the bus driver. Samuel Brown. 40,
colored, on technical charge Of
reckless driving. He viii be given
q hearing in Stafford, Va. on
December Is. '
According to Prince Georges
County police. two colored men
were hurt slightly in the accident
at Vista. They are William Per-
ry, %, of 1109 Fiftieth place NE,
and Paul Deadwyler. 20. Of 20 I
street NE, the driver. The police
said they charged the latter with
reckless driving and manslaugh-
ter.
In the District Capitol Heights
truck driver was injured when the
brakes on his truck failed and the
vehicle jumped the curb in the
1900 block of Good Hope road
Sc. It turned over after crash
ing into a firehydrant and a tree.
The driver, Earl Moreland, %,
of 6340 Central avenue, told police
his brakes failed as he approached
Grand View place yesterday
afternoon. He ATTEMPTED to stop
the truck against the curb, he
Said. He was treated at Casualty
Hospital for possible internal in
juries.