Evening star., 1951-06-11
Auto Accidents
Kill I During
Weekend Rain
All Fatalities Occur
In Nearby Areas;
70 Mishops Here

Freedmen's Hospital today, bring
ing the weekend toll to eight.
Dozens of other persons were in
jured and one man in critical con-
dition was not expected to live.
Dead are:
Mrs. Grace E. Windsor, 40, of
Clinton. Md, Sergt. Stanley j..
Yanecek, 25, a Marine stationed
at the Patuxent River Naval Air
Base, Gideon Poinsette, ~ colored,
and Leonard Johnson, A, colored,
both working at Waldorf, Md. :,
Mrs. Nancy Diehl Lam. %, Of
Mitchellville, Md, and her sister,
Mrs. Alta Lee Diehl Good, 81, of
Penn Laird. Miss Dora E. Robinsin,
20 of Markham, Va. and George
w. Mitchell, so, colored. of
Mitchellville, Md.
The critically injured man is
Marshall Jenkins, %, of Til I
street Sc. who suffered crushed
skull. He is hospitalized at Calvert
County Hospital in Prince Fred
erick.
20 Minor Crashes in City.
All the fatalities were on the
highways outside the District.
Virginia alone reported IA persons
killed over the week end through
out the State. In the city, the
hazardous driving conditions were
responsible for nearly 10 accidents,
but none was fatal.
Mrs. Windsor was killed at z
pm. yesterday when the car she
was driving turned left across
Route 5 one mile north of Clinton
and in the path of another auto
mobile. The other driver, Willie
Jordan. 26. colored, of the 500
block Of I street NE, was unin-
jured.
Hitchhiked Ride on Truck.
Police said Mr.. Poinsette and
Mr.. johnson, both from Durham,
N. c.. were working at Waldorf
tobacco warehouses. They and
three other men were given a ride
in truck driven by Frank Moore,
81, colored, of Waldorf Saturday
afternoon
The truck, according to police,
ran off the road one mile north
of TB, Md. tossing the hitch
mixers into the air, bounced back
on the road, crashed into a car
coming from the other direction
and then turned over. The other
vehicle was driven by Harriet r.
Leach, 80, colored, of Cheltenham.
Neither driver was injured.
Mr.. Poinsette, Mr.. johnson and
Sandy Watson, 81, of Fairmont,
N. c.. whose left arm was frac-
tured, were taken to Physicians
Memorial Hospital in LaPlata,
then transferred to Gallanger Hos
pital here where Mr.. Poinsette
died.
Man Dies After Hospital Release.
Waldorf police said Mr.. johnson
was treated at Gallinger Hospital
for face cuts and released. They
said he came back to a cabin in
Waldorf where he was living and
a few hours later was again taken
to LaPlata Hospital in an ambu-
lance.
He died at $3.50 pm. yesterday.
Dir. Edward j. Edelen, county
medical examiner, listed the cause
OF death as a crushed chest.
A Gallinger Hospital spokesman
said that Mr.. Johnson appeared
not to have been badly hurt when
he was brought to the hospital.
The hospital said he asked to be
released, saying he was not hurt.
Sergt. Yanecek was fatally in
jured when car in which he was
riding, driven by Pvt. Vincent b.
Gladysz, rs. also a Marine at the
air base, ran off Route 5 and over
turned mile east of Mechanics
vile, Md. at 1850 am. yesterday
Pvt. Gladysz was hospitalized for
minor injuries.
"oAudA StTuCk near BIS.
The two sisters, Mrs. Lam and
Mrs. Good. were killed Saturday
night when the automobile in
which they were riding went out
OF control and struck q concrete
guard rail near Harrisonburg, Va
Another woman, Mrs. Betty
Rhodeheffer, IL, of Penn Laird
was hospitalized for a crushed
leg and internal injuries.
Miss Robinson was killed Sat-
urday night when she was struck
by car on Route 55 near Mark
ham, in Fauquier County. after
alighting from a bus.
Mr.. Mitchell, who died inI
Freedmen's Hospital today, was
struck by an automobile on June
B nine miles north of Marlboro
on Route 301. He has been in
critical condition at the hospital
since.
The critically injured man, Mr..
jenkins, was a. passenger in a car
driven by John E. Thorne, 26, of
731 Eighth street Sc. The car left
the road Saturday night on a curve
II miles south of Prince Frederick
and overturned. MIR. Thorne's left
hand was crushed and he was ad-
mitted to the Calvert County Hos
pital at Prince Frederick.
Driven Held Under Bond.
Another passenger, James Muir
ply, 81, Of 1922 E street NV, also
suffered a crushed right hand. Mr..
Thorne was held under $500 bond
for an appearance before Magis-
trate William w. Duke on a reck-
less driving charge.