Evening star., 1950-03-20
Auto Accidents
10 Bride,
Navy Reseryist
Girl, 20, Killed as Car
Goes Out of Control
On Maryland Road


Navy jeep in front of the Naval
Music School on Fairlawn avenue
Sc. The accident occurred at
9:55 o'clock last night.
The bride, Mrs. Mary Helen
Dickerson, of 1912 F street NE.
was run down by a car which
went out of control at $40 pm.
yesterday on State route 242 at
Avenue. Md.
Husband Is Nearby.
Oliver Dickerson. who married
her February 13, was standing
nearby talking to a friend when a
car rounding a curve went out of
control, leaped a ditch and rolled
over several times before striking
Mrs. Dickerson and pinning her
against parked car.
Friends said Mr.. and Mrs.
Dickerson had been visiting the
brides parents at Leonardtown.
Mr.. Dickerson is a mechanic.
The cars driver. identified by
State police as Lawrence o. Hay
den. "a, of Bushwood, was treated
at Leonardtown Hospital for cuts
and bruises.
Mr.. Williams had spent the
day at the Naval Gun Factory and
was walking along the road when
he was struck by the jeep, driven
by Seaman William B. Carlson.
20, of the Anacostia Receiving
Station. Seaman Carlson told DO
lice he sWerved in futile attempt
to miss the pedestrian, who was
headed in the same direction.
Held Pending Inquest.
Seaman Carlson was in tech
nical custody of Naval authorities
pending a possible inquest.
Edward Winston. 81, colored,
OF 1885 T street NV, was struck
by car January 26 as he crossed
the 1900 block of Fifteenth street
NV, died at 9 am. yesterday in
Garfield Hospital. An AUTOPSY
was scheduled to determine if
death resulted from the accident.
Detective Emmett Waters of the
Accident Investigation Unit said
driver OF the car was Anthony G.
Mayhem, %, of 1910 Thirteenth
street Sc, son of Fire Chief
Joseph A. Mayhew.
Eddie Owens, jr., II, of 1446 w
street Sc, suffered a cerebral
conclusion and possible fracture
OF the pelvis when a car struck
MIN as he was crossing Good Hope
road at Minnesota avenue Sc.
at ASS pm. yesterday.
Hit By Westbound Car.
Police said the youth looked
east. then went into the street
behind another boy, and was
struck by westbound car driven
by George j. Douglas, %, colored,
OF 3109 Buena Vista Terrace Sc,
a janitor at that address.
Five University of MARYLAND
students were hurt early today in
an accident on the Hyattsville
overpass across the Baltimore g.
Ohio Railroad.
Two of them were admitted to
the Prince Georges General Hos
pltal. They were Douglas Devall,
Il, of 6203 Forty-fourth avenue,
Rlverdale. who suffered rib and
ankle injuries, and Robert A,
Lawrence, 81, 1910 Jefferson street,
two sprained ankles
and a possible spine injury.
The others were treated for cuts
and bruises and released. They
were Edward R. Hart, jr., 81, of
1000 Prospect street, Takoma
Park; John H. ODonahue, %,
1909 Woodberry road, Riverdale,
and Boris j. Baturo, 81, 1912
Oglethorpe street, Hyattsville.
Collides With Trailer.
Sergt. Robert A. Baker and Pvt.
William A. Duvall of Hyattsville
police, said the car, driven by Mr..
Hart. collided with the rear of a.
northbound tractor trailer truck.
The impact knocked the rear
wheels from under the trailer,
causing it to bog down in the
center of the busy highway.
Traffic over the bridge was blocked
for more than an hour and had to
be detoured along Rhode Island
avenue.
Police said technical charges of
reckless driving were placed
against Mr.. Hart and against the
truck driver. Belford B. McKin-
ney, IS, of Winston-Salem, N. c.
A hearing was set for next Mon
day IN Hyattsville Police Court.
Two Policemen Injured.
Two Montgomery County police
men suffered minor injuries when
their scout car crashed into a
tree while chasing a speeding
automobile early yesterday.
Pvt. William P. Hunter. 26. of
7728 Macarthur boulevard, Cabin
John, was admitted to Suburban
Hospital, Bethesda, with nose and
lip cuts. Pvt. Herbert r. West,
%, 4610 Stanford street, Chevy
Chase, Md. was released after
treatment for shock and bruises.
Police said they were chasing
a car along Beach drive, near
road. between Kensing-
ton parkway and Connecticut ave-
nue., North Chevy Chase, when
they failed to make an S-turn,
skidded and hit a tree. The
speeding car got away.
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