Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-08-07
trapped Driver
Dies in Flames
In Crash Here
Two Others Injured
As Truck CoIIides
With Oil Tanker

NV. Heroic rescue efforts by
three men saved the injured.
Near Leesburg, Va, a 58-year-
old man was killed instantly last
night when his auto was in col
lision with a tractor trailer on
route Is.
The dead were:
Junior Arthur Hess, %, of 612
place, Seat Pleasant,
Md.
E. Jack Wallace of Petersburg,
Va.
Mr.. Hess died when his tractor
trailer was in collision with a fuel
oil tanker truck in the Fifth street
and Kansas avenue crash.
Gas Tank Exploded.
His body was eharred beyond
recognition when a 50-ga,lon gas
oline tank on his truck exploded
and the truck caught fire.
Injured in that wreck were Os-
valid Harris. As. of 1925 Florida
avenue NE, driver of the oil
tanker. and George F. Moore, So,
colored. Of 215 Florida avenue
NV, who was with Mr.. Hess in
the tractor-trailer.
Mr.. Hess died despite efforts by
two Salvation Army officers to
rescue him. 1t. Phil Collier of
819 Quintana place NV. accom-
panied by Maj. Werner Vansyckle,
both of the Salvation !Army's Har-
Dor Light Corps, first pulled Mr..
Moore to safety.
Driven Back BY Flames.
Then 1t. Collier ran to aid MIR.
Hess. He grasped the driver but
could not extricate him. The
flames drove him back from the
truck.
Mr.. Harris was wedged uncon-
sciouS in the cab of his truck, with
his legs pinned under the gear
shift. He was pulled to safety by
Harry RoSen, restaurant owner
who lives at 1902 Kansas avenue
NV, near the scene of the crash.
Mr.. Moore was in serious con-
dition in Freedmen's Hospital with
chest and head injuries. Mr..
Harris condition was reported
good at Emergency Hospital. He
suffered a conclusion.
damned Cab Into Truck.
The collision drove the tractor
trailer against the curb with the
cab Of the oil truck damned
against it. Within seconds, the
tractor-trailer's gasoline tank,
one Of two. exploded and the
truck caught fire. Firemen ex-
tinguished the blaze in five min
utes.
The death Of Mr.. Hess brought
to 81 the number Of traffic
here this year, COM
pared with 80 at the same time
last year.
Head-On Collision.
Virginia State Trooper r. F..
Hoskins said Mr.. Wallace was
killed instantly when his auto COL
[ided head-on with a tractor
trailer 9 miles south of Lees
burg.
He said Mr.. Wallace was travel
ing north and lost control of his
car on a curve.
The truck driver, Leroy D. Pratt
ter, of Indianapolis, Ind, suffered
only slight injuries. Mr.. Wallace's
body was taken to the Slack fu-
neral home in Leesburg.
Arlington Boy Struck.
Charles Wallace Peters, 5, of
1871 North Quebec street, Airing
,on. was in critical condition in
hospital today with in
uries suffered when he was struck
~ a car yesterday.
Police said the boy rode his
tricycle. down the Quebec street
lill into the path of an auto
lriven by Miss Lucy Blakeslee
10, of the $500 block of
North Nineteenth street, an en-
,loye of the Arlington Recreation
Department.. The boy is the son
# Claude w. Peters, an Arlington
county coming inspector.
4-Year-O Injured.
Jeffrey L. Dargan, 4, colored,
If "a I street NE, suffered a pos
;ible skull fracture and cuts on
he face and shoulders when he
vas struck by a car last night.
Police said the boy darted from
between parked cars in front of
lis home and into the path of a
,ar driven by George Crutchf1eld,
81, colored, of 1921 Sixteenth
street NE. The boy was taken
10 Children's Hospital.
Traffic Victim Loses Foot.
A Washington man had his left
foot cut off and four other persons
were injured in an accident in
volving two automobiles and a
tractor trailer last night
on U. S. Route /. four miles north
Of Dumfries. Va.
Harold Howard, %, colored, of
the 100 block of Fifteenth street
Sc. was the victim who lost his
foot. State police reported.
He was treated at Alexandria
Hospital and transferred to Mount
Alto Veterans Hospital in Wash
ington.