Evening star., 1951-12-22
z Auto Crashes Kill ;
In Maryland; Sisters
From Dc Hurt ON Trip

Auto crashes killed three persons
in nearby Maryland last night.
In another accident, two WASH
ington sisters were seyerly in
jured in a two-car crash on the
Wilbur Cross Parkway outside of
North Haven, Conn.
The dead:
Howard J. Sans, SO, of 1712
A street Sc, and Paul owens,
46, of 101 E street NV, who were
fatally injured about 10 pm. when
their car left the road and struck
a tree at Enterprise road and Gen.
tral avenue in Prince Georges
County. Both died at Prince
Georges General Hospital about
four hours later.
Girard Aaron Thomas, Is, col
ored, of Waldorf. who was killed
about / am. when the car he
was driving overturned in a ditch
on Route 224 near Bryan's road
in Charles County.
Sisters Government Employees.
In the Connecticut accident, the
injured were Miss Stella Dondero.
38. the driver, and her sister,, Miss
Alice Dondero, Al, Of 1922 Con-
necticut avenue NV.
Miss Stella Dondero, a Census
Bureau employe, suffered brain
conclusion, chest and spinal in
juries. Her sister. librarian at
the Naval Ordnance Laboratory at
White Oaks, Md, has fractures
OF the pelvis and ankle Both are
in st. Raphael's hospital. New
Haven.
Miss Dondero said she lost con-
troll of the car when it was struck
from behind. The other car was
driven by Robert Hawkins, %, Of
Vincennes, Ind, who was also hos
pitalized, as was his passenger,
Frank La Mantia, 81, of Staten
Island. N. Y.
Both the victims in the Central
avenue crash we're house painters
who apparently had been out get
ting Christmas trees. Relatives
said five trees were taken from the
car after the accident.
Mr.. Owens is survived by four
children, all grown.
Mr.. Sans leaves his wife, Shir.
ley, 20, and three children, Judy,
3, Marian, S, and Gene, 8.
Seven Hurt in d. C. Traffic.
Washington traffic accidents in
jured seven-f1ve of them in q
single pedestrian-auto mishap.
None are serious.
They we're:
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Ricks, COL
ored, of 1905 L street NE, and
their two children, and Thurman
R. Stotler. 81, of 1913 Seventeeth
street NE.
Police said the Kicks family was
walking across Seventeenth street
lat L NE. and that Mr.. Stotler was
walking near them. Two cars
passed on either side-one of them
striking the group, but none of
the injured could determine
which one.
Mans Leg Broken.
Mr.. Stotler is in Casualty Hos
Ipital with a fractured leg.
Mr.. Kicks, 20, Mrs. Ricks, Is.
and the children, Daniel, 4, and
Helen, 2, were treated at Gallinger
and released.
Police identified the drivers as
Joseph A. Matera, 33, of 2420
Chapman road. Hyattsville, and
Mrs. Louise H. Capel, 80, of 843
Twenty-first street NE. A cor
poration counsel hearing was set
for January 25.
A 7-year-old girl. Rebecca Bre-
zon, 1919 Park road NV, suffered
a head injury when struck by a
truck as she crossed Sixteenth
street and Park road NV. The
driver was Walter j. Pearson, A,
colored, of 645 Lamont street NV.
She was taken to Georgetown
University Hopsital.
Motorcycle Runs Wild.
A motorcycle. which ran wild
after its driver was unseated in a
collision, smashed into a pedes-
trian on the sidewalk and then
crashed a plate glass window of q
Safeway store.
The injured pedestrian was
Mittle Turner. IS, colored, of 1910
California street NV, who was
treated by a private physician.
The cyclist was Leroy H.
Thomas, "a, colored, Of 800 Eighth
street NV, whose motorcycle
figured in a collision with a taxi
driven by Charles R. Pettiford, "a,
colored, Of 1887 Holmead place
NV, who was charged with fail
ing to yield the right of way.
Hnw1ii Settled ForIv