Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
Area Accidents
Take LIVES;
5Are Injured
3 Pedestrians Killed:
Fort Meade 81 Dies
In Auto Truck Crash

washington area acclQenCS 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 1711
North Nelson street, Arlington.
Jesse L. Jackson, so, colored, oil
1910 Benning road Sc.
Mrs. Leola Clark, %, 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
900 block of North Henry street
Alexandria. about 7 pm. Police
said Mr.. Wynkcop, a 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 Gallinger 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 66 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 bus 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 l pm. when
their automo bile crashed into the
rear of a 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 ad-
United to Georgetown Hospital
with 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, 81, colored, of 1927 South
Twenty-fourth street, police said.
They said Mr.. Davis did not know
the truck had hit the boy until a
helper at the back of the truck
pushed a buzzer as signal to stop.
No charges were placed against
him.
Persons injured in accidents in
the District yesterday included
Philip Duppans, 81, 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's
Hospital.
Police charged the driver of the
car, Lowell R. Armstrong, 81, of
2433 Monroe street NE, a dec
orator for the Raleigh Haberdash-
er, with failing to give the right
of way to pedestrian.
A police scout car from the &C.
cident investigation unit also was
involved in an accident yesterday
The car. driven by Pvt. John j
Bobinger, 80, of Sunnybrook, Md.
was in collision with a pedestrian
at Seventh and F streets NV
Pvt. Bobinger was driving with hi
siren blowing while on the way
to another accident, police re-
ported.
The pedestrian, Melvin F. Louis
so, of 2700 Connecticut avenue
NV, suffered minor injuries ant
was admitted to Casualty Hospita
for observation.