Evening star., 1951-11-23
Youth
Dies in Crash on
Pike

Nine Hurt on Holiday;
Maryland Boy Killed
In Pennsylvania
A 15-year-old Arlington boy was
killed and four other persons were
injured in a head-on collision
early today on Columbia pike at
South Greenbrier street, Arling-
ton.
Dead was Don Nesheim, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold s. Nesheim,
6523 North Sixteenth street.
Another youth. Donald England,
16. Of Clinton. Md, was killed and
a companion was injured yester-
day when their car left Route SO,
about 20 miles south of Clearfield.
Pa. and struck concrete bridge.
the Associated Press reported.
Other Thanksgiving accidents
in the Washington area resulted
in injuries to at least nine per-
sons.
During the same period, two
persons were killed In Maryland
and four in Virginia.
285 Accidents in Week.
Meanwhile, the Districts Acct
dent Investigation Unit reported
285 traffic accidents and three
fatalities in the city during the
week beginning November IL.
The Nesheim youth. junior at
Washington-Lee High School, Ar
Ilington, was a passenger in car
driven by Robert Tompkins, IS, Of
1107 North Taylor street. Arling-
ton, police reported.
Arlington police said young
Tompkins told them he was watt
ing to make a left turn into
Greenbriar street when the other
car collided with the front of his
automobile.
Driver of the second car, listed
by police as Robert Overtree, 20.
colored. Baileys Crossroads, Va.
was charged with manSlaughter
and reckless driving.
Young Tompkins was admitted
to Arlington Hospital with head
injuries and a third youth in the
same car. Leonard R. Vending.
jr.. 16, of 2649 South Nash street,
was treated at the hospital for
cuts and bruises and released.
Treated at the Scene.
Mr.. Oyertree was treated at the
scene for minor injuries. With
him in his automobile was Blake
Morrison. IS. colored. also of
Baileys Crossroads. He was ad-
mitted to Arlington Hospital with
head injuries.
Besides his parents. young Ne
|sheim is survived by a brother,
Corpl. David Nesheim. 10. who is
home on leave while en- route to
Roswell Air Force Base. N. Mex.
land a sister. Mrs. Harvey Jerman,
salt Lake City.
i Young England, q Junior at
ISurrattsville High School, was
driving the car in the Pennsyl-
vania crash.
i Jim Shawley. also of Clinton
and a Junior at the school, was
injured and taken to Phillipsburg
State Hospital. according to the
England family.
The boys were visiting young
Shawley's relatives in Coldport,
Pa, for the holiday. Funeral
services for the England youth
will be at II am. Monday in the
Camp Springs Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Washington Ma
tional Cemetery, Suitland. Md.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin r. England.
and three sisters, all of Clinton.
+ Silver Spring Airman Hurt.
Pfc. Charles Fisher, Silver
Spring, is in critical condition in
a Minot IN. Dak.) hospital as a.
result of head-on crash near
that city, the Associated Press re.
ported today.
The accident, which occurred
Wednesday night. killed two per-
sons.
Pfc. Fisher was one of eight
servicemen riding in one of the
cars. All are attached to the
786th Air Force Radar Control
and Warning Squadron near
Minot.
| A Coast Guardsman is in
Bethesda Naval Hospital in unde-
termined condition with neck.
back. leg and chest injuries, re-
tceived early today when the car
he was driving struck a tree.
He is Joseph w. Bailey, jr., 21.
OF 8317 Fourteenth avenue, Hyatts-
willie.
An Army private is in unde-
termined condition at Walter
Reed Hospital. where he was ad-
mltted after the car he was driv-
ing co,lided with an Army ambu-
lance at Lincoln road and T street
NE. last night.
Brakes Fail to Hold.
Pvt. James D. Menefee, q. of
SOL Montana avenue NE, is being
treated for spinal, leg and head
injuries and glass in both eyes.
His wife Kathryn, 20, was also
injured in the crash but was re-
leased after treatment of leg in.
juries.
The ambulance driver, Franklin
H. Shupp, 10. of Walter Reed
Hospital. told police he was driv-
ing west on T street and collided
with the right side of the car
when his brakes failed to hold.
No charges were placed against
either driver.
Five persons were injured, none
seriously, in a two-car crash in
the 2300 block of East-West high
way in Silver Spring about S pm.
yesterday.
Admitted to Washington Sani-
tarlum were a retired clergyman.