Evening star., 1953-09-07
Auto Accidents
Kill Eight From
District Area
Holiday Week End
Toll Already "a in
Maryland, Virginia

dents died IN traffic accidents
over the Labor Day week end
with another day and night to go
before the holiday ends.
They were among "a traffic
deaths reported, 13 in Maryland
and IL in Virginia, in compila-
tions made locally and by the
Associated Press.
The eight latest victims were:
Miss Reva Elizabeth Frasier,
Al. of 1903 South Walter Reed
drive. Arlington.
Francis H, Bell, 34, colored, Of
Lanham, Md.
Martha Ann Combs, 8, of 1913
East Capitol street.
Frank B. Winston of the 1900
block of HanSford street, Dis
trict Heights, Md.
William H. Holmes, Is, of 4403
Falls terrace Sc.
William H. Wax. 48, colored, of
Route 6, Alexandria.
Wilma Mobley, "a, colored, of
Washington.
The eighth area victim was
johnny Malone, 8, son of Mr..
and Mrs. James A. Malone of a
trailer court located at 8205 Bal
>timore avenue, College Park,
Md. He was killed Saturday
when he was crushed by a milk
truck after falling off his tri-
cycle.
Accident Near Luray.
Miss FraSier died about 4:45
am. today at Page Memorial
Hospital, Luray, Va, of a brain
injury suffered in three-car
collision on Route $40 about four
miles north of Luray, Virginia
State Trooper R. M. Dodson re-
ported.
She was a passenger in a car
driven by Mrs. Jessie Blake
moore. 45, of Hyattsville, Md.
Mrs. Blakemoore and her daugh-
ter Frances, 20, also were hos
pitaliZed. Joseph B. Cole of Hale
thorpe, Md, driver of the other
car, was reported in critical con-
dition.
Mr.. Bell was found dead early
today in his car which appar-
emily had crashed into a bridge
abutment, Prince Georges
County police reported.
Skid Marks Found.
Police Pvt. Duerell Seitz said
the wrecked automobile was
found on Collington road in the
isolated Collington section of the
county about a mile and a half
south of Defense highway. Skid
marks indicated Mr.. Bell had
lost control of his car on curve
and crashed into a small bridge
over Collington Branch.
Police said they understood
Mr.. Bell was employed at Glenn
Dale Hospital.
Mr.. Wax died at Alexandria
Hospital last night of a brain
injury suffered in an accident
on Route l, two miles south of
Woodbridge, Va.
Mr.. Winston was struck by a
car and fatally injured just be-
fore midnight Saturday on
Route 381 at TB, Md.
He was taken to Casualty Hos
pital where he died three hours
later.
The driver of the car was Will
liam C. Davis, 25, of the 1900
block of Fairlawn avenue Sc,
police said. Mr.. Davis told police
Mr.. Winston was standing in the
road and that he did not see
him in time to stop.
Three Hurt in Fatal Crash.
Mr.. Holmes was driving a car
occupied by four District colored
men. 1t crashed into an en-
bankment on a Charles County,
Md, road at l am. yesterday.
He died almost instantly of a
broken neck. His body was
sent to the Hunt Funeral Home
at Waldorf, Md.
Injured in the accident were
William Monroe. %, of the 400
block of K street S.W.; Earl
johnson, 26, whose street ad-
dress was not given. and Carl
Campbell, 25. of the 1400 block
of Half street S.W. They were
taken to Physicians Memorial
Hospital. La Plata, with head
and face cuts.
State police said the accident
occurred at the intersection of
River road and Route 6 near
Riverside, Md.
The Combs child was killed
and four other persons were seri-
ously injured in a five-car
smashup Saturday night on
United States 40, IL miles west
of Frederick, Md.
Her mother, Dolores Loretta
Combs, 20, suffered a broken
neck, and her father, Edgar A.
Combs, 81. suffered gasoline
burns on the lower part of his
body, State police said. They
were taken to Washington Coun-
ty Hospital at HagerStown.
Others HOSpitaliZed.
Also hospitalized were Edith
M. Zelenka, 81. of Washington,
Pa, with a broken neck. and
Jessie Brown, so, colored Pitts
burgh, with knee and jaw frac-
lures.
Investigating officers said Mr..
Combs car was going east on
Route 20 at excessive speed,
skidded on the wet pavement and
struck a guard rail, leaving part
of the vehicle on the highway.
Three following cars slowed
down, but a fifth car, driven by
William H. Freeman of Pitts
burgh, piled into the rear of the
line. resulting in q SInaShl