Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
Accidents Take Lives
OF 4 Area Residents:
District Toll Now67

District Toll Now 81
Washington area accidents las
night claimed the lives of foul
persons, including three pedes.
TRANS who were struck dowr
during the height of the rain.
storm.
Dead are:
Alvin Leigh Wynkoop, 81, of 1712
North Nelson street, Arlington.
Jesse L. Jackson, so. colored, OF
1910 Benning road Sc.
Mrs. Leola Clark, Is, colored, OF
II H street S.W.
Corpl. Harold j. Conrad, Il, OF
Fort Meade, Md.
Mr.. Wynkoop was killed when
a florists truck struck him in the
300 block of North Henry street
Alexandria. about 7 pm. Police
said Mr.. Wynkcop, driver for
the Gunther Brewing Co. had
just quit work and was crossing
the street to his automobile.
The truck driver, Everett Jewell,
Is, of 308 East Windsor avenue,
told police Mr.. Wynkoop ran into
the path of his vehicle after COM
ing from in front of a tractor
trailer truck travelling in the OPP
posite direction.
Mr.. Wynkoop leaves his widow,
Mrs. Fannie B. Wynkoop, and six
daughters, Mrs. Alvin Aaron of
2111 Chillum road, Chillum, Md,
and the following five who live
at home: Sandra, 10; Judith, IL;
Nancy, 10. Ann, 9, and Har-
riett, 7.
A native OF nearby Virginia, Mr..
Wynkoop and his family lived at
the Arlington address about 10
years.
Grave Digger Killed.
Mr.. Jackson, a grave digger,
died in Gsllinger Hospital from
injuries suffered when he was
struck three hours earlier by an
automobile.
The accident occurred on Ben
ming road, near Mr.. Jackson S
home. Payne's Cemetery. Driver
of the car was Wallace L. Webster,
81, colored. of 81 Florida avenue
NV, a clerk with the United
States Map Service at Suitland,
Md, police said. He will appear
at coroner's inquest to be sched-
uled later.
Mr.. Jackson's death is the 9th
traffic fatality in the District this
year, as compared with Sc this
time last year.
Mrs. Clark was killed instantly
when an automobile struck her as
she was crossing No. l highway
at Triangle, Va. State police said
the car was driven by Lawrence
David Bradbury, who gave his ad-
dress as Walter Reed Hospital,
Washington. He has not been
charged.
Police said Mrs. Clark had
alighted from a bus a few minutes
before the accident. Neighbors in
Washington said she had gone to
visit relatives.
Crashed Into Truck.
Corpl. Conrad was killed and
two other Fort Meade soldiers
were injured about / pm. when
their automobile crashed into the
rear of tractor trailer loaded
with straw on Route ITS at Gam
Drills. Md. .
State police said Corpl. Conrad
was thrown from the automobile
as it skidded about 200 feet after
colliding with the truck. Injured
were Sergt. R. H. Shoemaker,
driver of the car, and Corpl. Jack
w. Baker.
The truck driver, Raymond M.
Jerman, 81, owner of Gambrills
feed store. was released under
$1,000 bond after police placed a
technical charge of manslaughter
against him.
A 3-year-old Arlington boy was
seriously injured yesterday when
he was hit by a county trash truck
in the 1900 block of North Vance
street.
The boy, Robert Saunders, of
1922 North Veitch street, was adj
mitted to Georgetown Hospital
with a fractured left leg and
broken ribs. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Saunders.
The truck was driven by Walter
c. Davis, q, colored, of 1927 South
Twenty-fourth street, police said.
They said Mr.. Davis did not know
the truck had hit the boy until
helper at the back of the truck
pushed buZzer as a signal to stop.
No charges were placed against
him.
Persons injured in accidents in
the District yesterday included
Philip Duppans, g.. colored, Of
1886 Eleventh street NV, who
suffered serious leg injuries when
he was struck by an automobile
at Thirteenth and U streets NV.
He was admitted to Freedmen
Hospital.
Police charged the driver of the
car, Lowell r. Armstrong, 81, OF
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