Evening star., 1950-06-26
17Are Injured
In District Area
Auto Accidents
One Man Involved
In Three Collisions
Within IS Minutes

yeSCSIOdy anu early UOQdy IN GTaI
fie accidents in the Washington
area.
These include a Washington
man critically hurt after being in
volved in three accidents within
Is minutes last night: six person
involved in three-car collision
near Woodbridge, Va, and sever
in a head-on crash near Tyson
Corner, Va.
The man who police said wa
involved in the series of accident
was Edward L. Clements, 26, ;
grocery clerk of 800 Decatur stree
NE, who suffered skull fracture
and a crushed left arm. b
Police said the accidents startet
when Clements attempted to parl
in the 300 block of Decatur stree
NV. and struck a car owned b!
Jacob >Tebleff OF 325 Gallatir
street NV. Mr.. Tebleff saic
Clements paid him SIS for damag'
ing his fender.
Police said the series Of acci-
dents started when Clements at
tempted to park in the 800 block
Of Decatur street NV. and struck
a car owned by Jacob Teblef OF
325 Gallatin street NV. Mr.. Teb-
left said Clements paid him $1s
for damaging his fender.
Car Hits Parked Cab.
II told him he was in no condi.
ton to drive" Mr.. Tebleff said
"And he told me he would not
But suddenly he jumped back into
his car and drove away"
The second accident happened
across the street, where the cal
struck a parked taxi owned BY
Meyer Rosenfeld of 2343 Fifteenth
street NV. The taxi was dam.
aged slightly but two children in.
side were unhurt. When Clement,
drove on without stopping, Mr.
Teblef called the police.
Clements 1910 Studebaker wa,
found demolished a few minute,
later in the 5100 block of Illinoi
avenue NV. Police said he hat
tried to make a turn at higl
speed and struck a light pole. NJ
charges had been placed agains
the driver today.
Injuries Termed Critical.
One of the six persons injured
In the three-car crash on Shirley
highway, near Woodbridge, wa.
listed as critical. He is Samue,
P. Ingegneri, 20, a sailor sta.
toned at Norfolk. Va. A Wash
lngton attorney, Ellis Klein, Al,
OF 1647 Fort Dupont street Sc,
was seriously hurt in the same
accident.
Both were taken to the Guam
tico Marine Base Hospital. Mr..
1ngegneri. driver of one of the
three cars, suffered a skull frac-
ture, brain conclusion and two
broken legs. Mr.. Klein, driving
another car, suffered possible
fractures of both legs, severe leg
cuts. a broken jaw and other
face and head injuries.
Alison taken to the same hospi.
tai were Leroy w. Dodge, "a, and
Jack M. Wicha, Is, both Marines
stationed at Quantico, and Michael
e. Milko, sailor assigned to the
U. S. s. Wallace which is docked
at Quantico. They suffered cuts
and bruises. All were passengers
IN Mr.. Ingegneri's car.
Suffers Arm Sprain.
Walter w. Wyche, colored. OF
Stafford, Va, the third driver
suffered a sprained arm but was
not hospitalized.
Virginia State Police at Grove
ton said Mr.. Ingegneri's car truck
the rear of the one driven by MIR
Wyche and then crashed head.
on with MIR. Klein's car which
was coming from the opposite
direction. Only one lane of thu
Shirley highway is completed al
scene Of the crash.
In the collision on the Leesbur,
pike, near Tysons Corner, which
resulted in injury to seven persons
Fairfax County police listed th'
drivers as Mrs. Reba Smith, 35, o
I'LL North Kenilworth street, Ar
lington, and Richard G. Seabolt
IS, a soldier at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Mrs. Smith, the most seriousl,
injured, was admitted to Airing
ton Hospital. She suffered severa
broken ribs, possible puncture o
the lung and cuts and bruises
Her condition was described a
fair.
Five Passengers Hurt.
Mr.. Seabolt suffered multipl
cuts and bruises and was taken t,
the Fort Belvoir Hospital after be-
ing given first aid at Arlington
Hospital.
Five passengers in the Seabol
ar also were hurt. Two Of them
Joseph Good, "a, Route /, Fall
Church, and Morris L. Amos, 1e
Fairfax. were admitted to Airing
ton Hospital. Both suffered cut
and bruises.
Released after treatment wer,
Lois Clayburn, 16. of 908 Eight
st. NV, Francis Bonner, 10, an,
Milton Honkinson, 10. both o
Dun Loring, Va.
Police said the collision oc'
Cured when Mr.. Seabolt at
tempted to pass a truck. Mrs
Smith was driving alone.
Early today, Charles Miller o
RID. 2, Laurel, suffered heat
injuries when his car struck /.
pole at Rhode Island avenue ant
Thirty-seventh place, Noun
Rainier. He was admitted t,
Prince Georges General Hospita
for observation.
Other Accidents Reported.
In other District accidents.
driver in q two-car collision an,
an elderly pedestrian suffered in