Evening star., 1949-05-12
Six Hurt as Bus
And Car Collide
In Alexandra
Silver Spring Womun.
Driver Of Auto. Hos
Possible Skull Fracture

1 Six persons were injured yes
terday when an Alexandria. Bar
croft d Washington bus collided
with an automobile at Duke and
Columbus streets, Alexandria.
Police said the car. driven by
Mrs. Virginia Kramer. Is. Of 1925
Georgia avenue. Silver Spring
collided with a bus at an inter-
section. After the collision. they
said, the car skidded into a fire
plug. knocking it over. and the
bus crashed into the side Of the
Alexandria Hospital.
Mrs. Kramer and four passengers
in her automobile were injured.
The bus driver. William B. Harrell.
80. of Route 3. Alexandria. also
was hurt slightly. None OF the
four persons riding on the bus was
injured. the police said.
Condition Is Fair.
Mrs. Kramer was admitted to
the hospital suffering a concus-
sion. a jaw fracture and posi-
ble fracture of the skull. Her con-
dition was reported fair this morn
ing.
The injured passengers in her
car were:
Fred Schneider, 81. of Ada.
Okla, who suffered shock and
severe cuts.
Mrs. Anna Schreiber. 3s, his
wife, who had conclusion. pos
sible fracture Of the pelvis. and
cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Betty Jane Merritt. Is, OF
4402 Seventy-third avenue, Belle
Mead. Md, who was released after
treatment for cuts and bruises.
Ella Merritt. S, her daughter
also released after treatment for
a shoulder fracture.
Another daughter of Mrs. Mer-
ritt, Dianne. 2. was unhurt, the
hospital reported.
Cab Passenger Injured.
In District accident. passen-
ger was injured when a taxicab
collided with an automobile driven
by the wife of Representative
Hagen. Republican. of Minnesota.
AS a result of this crash at Second
and East Capitol streets. police
said. the hacker, James r. Collins.
36, colored. of the 2400 block Of
Nichols avenue Sc. was charged
with failure TO yield right of way.
He was ordered to appear in Mu-
nicipal Court May "a.
Reported in good condition at
Casualty Hospital was Mrs. Gladys
Uhl, SO. OF 9l2 Nineteenth street
NV. who suffered head injuries.
Described as congressional lob
byiSt. she is associated with the
American Parents Committee.
/ Driving the automobile. police
said. was Mrs. Audrey L. Hagen,
80. Of 40t2 Southern avenue Sc.
Last night. an automobile OPP
Grated, by q 35-year-old French
diplomat coliided with one driven
by DR.. Earl p. Huff, 50, of An
napolis, Md, at Twenty sixth
street and Virginia avenue NV,
it was reported.
Wife Slightly Hurt.
Police said DR.. Huff was ac-
companied by his wife. Mrs.
Adelaide HUFF. 81. who complained
of pains in her neck and head
following the accident. and was
treated by her husband. The
other car was driven by Pierre j.
Basdevant. who gave his address
as the Chancery of the French
Embassy. 25S5 Belmont road NV.
Two persons were seriously in
jured and third was hurt slight
/ ly when an automobile went out
of control yesterday on Mount
Vernon boulevard near the inter-
section with Shirley highway and
struck a tree.
The victims were John Forte,
SO. colored. 343 G street S.W., who
suffered broken jaw and cuts on
the face and scalp: Mrs. Georgia
Locks, 81, colored. l714 q street
NE. both OF whose legs were
fractured, and Mrs. Alberta Forte,
27. colored, who received minor
head injuries. ALI were admitted
Ito Emergency Hospital.
Skidded 1S0 Feet.
Police said the vehicle skidded
180 feet before hitting the tree.
No other car was involved.
Two men were injured last
night when a light delivery truck
crashed into q telephone pole on
River road. at Wesmond drive,
Alexandria.
John T. Raines. 81, colored, of
1923 jackson street NE, driver,
suffered a posisole fracture Of
the shoulder. Theodore o. Chick.
80. Of 100 Thirty-fifth street NE,
was cut on the head. Both were
treated at Alexandria Hospital.
Police said MIR. Raines told them
he skidded into the pole after
applying brakes to avoid collid-
ing with car that stopped in
front of him.
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