Evening star., 1952-06-23
; Killed in Crashes
On Baltimore Road,
7 al Same Place

Three men died in separate ac-
cidentS on Baltimore boulevard
early today.
Two of the fatal accidents oc-
Cured at the same place, about
one mile south of Laurel. The
third was at Elkridge.
Tractor -trailerS were involved in
two crashes and a bus in the
third.
The dead:
Richard D. Skapik, "a, of 6409
Kansas avenue NJ E.
Adolph A. Lewis, colored, 43, of
603 Akers street NE.
John B. Hilly, 35, GaStonia, N. C.
Mr.. Skapik was killed when his
Car collided with railways bus
about $40 am, one mile south
Of Laurel.
Car Tire Blows Out.
State police said tire blew out
on the car, which careened inI
front of the bus. They said the
wheels of the bus came to rest
on the front seat of the auto, pin
ming Mr. Skapik in it.
Abe Kingery, about 35, of Col
lege Park, the bus driver, was
admitted to Leland Memorial
Hospital with leg injuries. The
bus was bound for Fort Meade to II
pick up soldiers.
Mr.. Skapik worked for the
Hyman Construction Co. here. He
had served Is months in Trieste
as an infantry sergeant and had |
got out of the service the end of |
last year. During World War II
he served in Germany with the
Army.
Coolidge Graduate.
Mr.. Skapik was born in Am
bridge. Pa. He was graduated
from Coolidge High School in
1945.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Marie Skapik; two brothers,
George and Walter Skapik. all of
the Kansas avenue address; a |
sister, Miss Gloria Skapik, and
half-Sister in Ambridge.
Mr.. Lewis died in the accident
at the same location about / am.
State police said tractor trail
er had stopped in the right lane
because of another accident a.
short distance ahead. Mr.. Lewis
car crashed into the rear of the
tractor-trailer, they said, and he
was pinned in the wreckage.
Mr.. Hilly was killed at Elkridge.
He was asleep in the cab of a
tractor trailer driven by Howard
Darnell. 80. of Shelby. N. c., police |
said. The vehicle smashed into
the rear of an automobile which
was stopped at the entrance to
an open-air theater, they reported.
After the collision, the tractor
trailer ran down a steep bank
and rammed a tree. Mr.. Hilly
was wedged between the cab and
the tree.
The driver of the car, Charles E.
Booth of Ferndale, was injured.
The three deaths brought to 13I
the number of persons killed on
the Baltimore boulevard between
Washington and Baltimore this
year. There were "a deaths in the
same period last year.
Trooper Garland r. Walter, who
is in charge of traffic safety on the
highway. said he believed the de-
crease was due to strict enforce
ment of traffic laws.
Bert Neal Gingrich, "a, an ap-
prentice electrician, of 1869 Raum
street NE, was killed yesterday
about 6 am. in head-on COLI
sion between his automobile and a
tractor-trailer near Montgomery,
w. Va.
Truck Blocks Railroad.
Mr.. Gingrich was driving home
from a visit to West Virginia. The
tractor trailer overturned on the
New York Central Railroad tracks
after the collision and blocked
rail traffic for a short time. The
truck driver, Albert Collins, of |
Huntington, was admitted to a /
Montgomery Hospital with broken
ribs and cuts.
An Alexandria man and his
wife were injured severely in an
accident on Marlboro pike oppo-
site the State Roads Commission
garage yesterday.
George H. Suddarth, 81, of 341I
Wesmond drive. was admitted to
Casualty Hospital in critical con-
dition with a fractured skull. His
wife Mildred, 80, was admitted to
the hospital with fractured back.
Prince Georges County police
said Mrs. Suddarth told them her
car Skidded on the slippery road