Evening star., 1951-09-29
.PriinceGeorges
Crashes Take
Lives Of Six
Three Killed at Roll
Crossing, Two Others
On BeItsviIIe Curve

Six persons were killed and six
injured as the result of three sepa-
rate accidents in Prince Georges
County late last night and early
today.
Also the District recorded it's
41st traffic fatality of the year
today when Mrs. Ann Thomas, SO,
colored, of 1443 Sheridan street
NV, died of injuries suffered in
an accident September 7.
Three of the deaths in nearby
Maryland occurred in a train
automobile collision on Kenilworth
avenue at the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad freight tracks at 1923
O'Clock last night. Two others
were killed on the treacherous
Beltsville curve on the Baltimore
Washington boulevard, and the
fifth Prince Georges fatality was
a motorcyclist who rammed a
utility pole at Oakcrest, half
mile south of Laurel.
Car Knocked IS Feet.
The dead:
Ernest R. Dudley, 81, colored,
1000 block of Maryland avenue
NE.
Margaret Thomas, 10, colored,
Hughesville. Md.
Mrs. Laura Gilmore. %, COL
ored. 2100 block of Ninth street
NV.
James Frank Brown, 81, colored,
1900 block of I street NV.
George McKetcham, SO, COL
ored, 800 block Fifth street NE.
Corpl. Samuel Foster, "a. of
Fort Meade. Md.
In the rain-automobile COL
lision the car was knocked IS feet
by a diesel engine, according to
Sergt. B. A. Hamilton and Pvt.
John Branzell of Prince Georges
County police. The engineer,
Ralph r. Ridgeway, said he was
pulling his freight train at speed
of about 20 miles an hour at the
time.
Mr.. Dudley and Miss Thomas
were pronounced dead on arrival
lat Leland Memorial Hospital. Mr..
McKetcham died about $50 this
morning after being transferred
from Leland to Gallinger Hospital.
Three Trapped in Car.
Treated for injuries at Prince
Georges General Hospital and
transferred to Gallinger in the
train-car accident were Margaret
Grose. 18, colored, of Lawrence,
Md. head and internal injuries;
her sister Gladys. undetermined
internal injuries, and Judy Gray,
80, colored. of the 200 block of
Laurel place NE, broken hip and
arm and internal injuries.
The angle of the Kenilworth
avenue crossing made the collision
almost head-on, witnesses said.
Three Of the cars six passengers
were thrown from the vehicle into
a ditch; the other three were
trapped in the car for several
minutes until rescue workers
could drag them out.
Police said the warning light at
the crossing was working perfectly
at the time of the accident. There
are no automatic wooden barri-
cades there, however.
Killed in the Baltimore boule-
ward crash at Beltsville were Mr..
Brown and Mrs. Gilmore. They
were pronounced dead on arrival
lat Prince Georges General Hos
Ipital. Police said Mrs. Gilmore
Us the mother of seven children.
Auto Turns Over.
Prince Georges police said the
victims were riding in a car which
was going north on the boulevard
and smashed into two guard rail
posts. The crash turned the car
over on it's side.
The driver, Henry H. Redieck.
40, colored. of the first block of
M street NV. told police he was
forces into the guard rail on the
right hand side of the road by a
Iveerire truck. Police booked Mr..
Redieck on two technical charges
of manslaughter and released him
on $2,100 bail for a hearing in
Hyattsville Police Court Octo-
ber Is.
Mr. Redieck was treated and
released at Leland Memorial Hos
lpital for a broken collarbone and
cuts. Two other passengers in his
car also were injured.
Police identified them as Alice
Wilson, Is. colored, of the 100
block of Sixth street NV, and
(See ACCIDENTS, Page A-20