Evening star., 1950-07-10
5Die in Crashes
Over Week End
In District Area
Pedestrian Is Killed
In D. C.;2 Lose Lives
Near Upper Marlboro

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Weekend traffic accidents in the
Washington area cost the lives
of five persons, including an aged
man fatally injured here and a
District youth killed in Virginia
The dead were:
William H. Stewart. rs. colored,
of 722 Half street S.W., struck by
a car while walking at South
Capitol and F streets Sc.
Walter Carlton Kessee, 10, OF
10l Wisconsin avenue NV, killed
in a two-car collision on Route
2l1 at Gainesville, Va.
James Edward Bumbray, 81
colored, of Warrenton, Va, fatally
injured on Route 211, near War.
renton.
Leo Adolph Decker, At, of Balti-
more. killed in an accident or
Route 301, 8 miles south of Upper
Marlboro, Md.
Mrs. Margaret Vann Buck, so
of Baltimore, Mr.. Decker's moth
er-in-law. killed in the same acci-
dent.
Toll Now 431.
The heavy death toll from near
by accidents reflected an unusually
large Virginia casualty list, in
which 10 were killed and three
others critically injured. The
States 1850 traffic fatality rolls
thus were boosted to 431.
Mr.. Stewards death, occurring
at 2:15 am, four hours after he
was struck, was the 36th in the
District this year, compared with
81 at this time last year.
Police said he was crossing
South Capitol street when he was
struck by a car driven by Helen
S. Orth, 81, of 313 Livingston ter
race Sc, a registered nurse. She
was ordered held for the coroner
on a technical charge.
Five Hurt in Crash.
In the accident in which Mr.
Keesee was killed. five persons
were injured, including two
brothers of the dead man.
The injured were Paul I. Keesee,
81, soldier stationed at Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Md; John w.
Keesee, 81, of the Wisconsin ave-
nue. address; Charles F. Hall. 35,
and his wife. Margaret. %. of 2739
Knox terrace Sc. and Mr.. Halls
mother, Mrs. Sarah S. Hall, 64. of
Gainesville.
The soldier was treated at the
Fort Belvoir hospital and then
released. His brother was at Mt.
Alto Hospital with undetermined
injuries. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall were
released after treatment at Doc
tors Hospital. Warrenton. Mr..
Halls mother, who suffered a
broken leg, was admitted to the
Warrenton hospital.
Head -on Collision.
Virginia State Trooper P. P.
Herndon said the two cars were
going in opposite directions and
that the collision was almost
head-on. The Halls were riding
in one care and the three Keesee
. brothers in the other, Trooper
Herndon said.
Mr.. Bumbray died yesterday in
Arlington Hospital as result of
injuries suffered early Saturday
when his car went out of control
and overturned about half mile
east of Warrenton.
State Trooper j. N. Collins said
Mr.. Bumbray lay unconscious in
field for at least Az hours be-
fore being discovered by a friend
of his father. He said Mr.. Bum
bray was thrown about so feet
from the car as it overturned
after jumping fence along the
highway.
Mr.. Decker was crushed behinc
the steering wheel of his car aftel
it struck the rear of a tractor.
trailer. according to Maryland
State Police. He was pronounced
dead at the scene by DR.. James I
Boyd, deputy medical examiner
for Prince Georges County.
Mrs. Vann Buck died in Cas-
ualty Hospital about three hour!
after she was admitted for heac
and other injuries.
Admitted to the same hospita
were Mr.. Decker's wife, Ruth, 40
said to be in a serious condition
with head and undetermined in
juries, and a son, Leo Henry, II
who suffered arm and possible
head injuries. A daughter, Lucille
z, escaped injury. The injured
were brought to the hospital by
the Upper Marlboro Rescue Squad
Police listed the truck driver as
Carl P. Boland, 33, of Jacksonville
Beach, Fla. He was unhurt.
Pvt. James w. Corbin of Lor-
ton, Va, Metropolitan police
man, was injured at 11:15 pm.
yesterday when a taxicab ran in
to the rear of his scout car as he
stopped for traffic light at Fifth
and M streets NV.
Pvt. Corbin was admitted to
Emergency Hospital with possible
neck injuries. Driver of the cab
Bernice M. Hayes. colored, of 300
Hollywood street NE, was told tc
appear at a Corporation Counsel
hearing Friday.
Two Killed When Truck