Evening star., 1950-11-24
Holiday Traffic
Crashes |njure
.15in De- Area
Seven Fuirfux County
Persons Hurt in
3-Cur Collision

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one of which came when a driver
tried to swat hornet in the car
injured Is persons in the Wash
ington area, seven of them in 9
single crash.
One persons was hospitalizeo
from the hornet-induced accident
when 20-year-old Claiborne B.
Morton, jr., of Mclean, Va, at
tempted to fight off the insect
while at the wheel.
Mrs. Mary P. Hickman, rs, OF
5000 Eighth street NV, was taken
to Garfield Hospital with a broken
arm and cuts on the forehead
when young Morton smashed into
a parked car. Mrs. Hickman's
condition was described as salts
factory.
Morton, his father and his aunt
also were slightly injured in the
collision in the $500 block of New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Owner of the parked car, which
suffered about $100 damage, is
Seawell r. Turner, 1923 New
Hampshire avenue NV. No
charges were lodged against
young Morton.
Hurt in Scar Crash.
Seven Fairfax County residents
were injured last night in a
three-car collision on Route 1913
near Oakton, Va.
The injured occupants of one
car were Roland Harris, Is, Fair
fax Station, severe face cuts:
Rufus Coldwell. 16, Fairfax, head
injuries; Thomas Yarbrough, is,
Fairfax Station, severe leg cut,
and Robert Jenkins, IT, Burke,
head cuts and knee injury. All
were admitted to Arlington
Hospital.
Passengers in a second car who
were injured were Ashby Jenkins,
~, head cuts; Fenton Sisk, SO,
chest injuries and head cuts, and
Charles jenkins, Z, head injuries,
All are Of Vienna.
Fairfax County police have
sworn out reckless-driving war
rant for the arrest of James
jenkins, Vienna. who they said
was the driver of the second car
Police said he disappeared after
the collision.
No one was injured in the third
car, which police said was driven
by Mrs. G. K. Webber. Route 2,
Vienna.
Police said the accident oc-
Cured when Jenkins attempted
to pass Mrs. Webber's car, and
collided headon with the car driv-
en- by young Yarbrough. Several
ambulanes and private cars helped
carry the injured to Arlington
Hospital.
Driver Charged.
AS the result of another ac-
cident late yesterday in which a
63-year-old pedestrian was hurt,
Arthur Kriner, 33, of $500 Greig
street, Seat Pleasant, faces
charges of failing to yield the
right of way to a pedestrian.
Edna Fedora, 1913 c street NE,
suffered a fractured ankle. police
said, when Mr.. Kriner's car hit
her as he turned onto D street
N. E. at Delaware avenue.
Two cab drivers were directed
to appear at a corporation counsel
hearing to determine who was re-
sponsible for a collision between
their cabs yesterday which caused
one passenger to be hospitalized.
The cab drivers are Othel
Lamp, Sc, of 1925 A street Sc,
who was taken to Casualty Hos
pital with a fractured left
shoulder, and Hugh Mason. 80,
colored, of 1922 Twenty first
street NE, who was not hurt.
A passenger in Mason's cab
Matthew Ellis, Is, colored, suf-
fered a possible skull fracture
and was described as in good con-
dition today at Casualty. A pas
senger in Lamps cab, Norman
Holmes, 80, colored, of 4137 Sew
enth street NV, was released
after treatment at Gallinger Hos
pital.
The collision occurred at Sew
enteenth and M streets NE.
Paul Lukens, %, and his wife,
Verdan, %, of 1880 North Quesada
street, Arlington were slightly in
jured in a three-car collision at
Fairfax drive and Stuart street,
Arlington, today. They we're re-
leased after treatment at Airing
ton Hospital.