Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Woman Killed,
Y Injured in
Chain ofCrashe,
Loaded Ambulance
CoIlides With Car
Of Police Inspector

A woman pedestrian was killed
by . police inspectors auto
mobile yesterday after the car
was in a collision with an am.
bulance carrying injured from q
bus crash.
The fatality, Washington's
$50 for the year. was Mrs. Ellen
Salwach. So. Of 1928 o street
NV, a Mayf1ower Hotel tele-
phone operator.
She was struck by an auto
driven by Inspector Archie M
Winfree at Scott circle NV,
after he was in a collision with
an ambulance carrying some OF
the % persons injured in an a,i-
tomobile-bus crash at the UNDER
pass at Military road and Six
tenth street N. w.
Inspector Winfree and the
ambulance driver, Russell Chris
tian. 80. are to appear at q cor
oner's inquest early next week.
The accident, at 4:30 pm,
provided q tragic climax to two
related collisions, which not
only caused the death of Mrs.
Salwach, but injured ~ others.
Two required disqualification.
Set on by Car-Bus Crash
The first accident occurred
shortly after 4 pm, when q sta
ton wagon, driven by Mrs. Mar
jorie w. Bushong. so, Of $500
Raymond street, Chevy Chase,
Nd, collided with a d. C. Transit
System bus at the underpass at
heavily Travelled Sixteenth street
and Military road NV.
Twenty persons. including the
bus operator. Isaac r. Richman,
As, OF 651 Kensington place NE.
were treated for minor injuries
and later released at Emergency
Hospital.
The ambulance, carrying four
injured passengers, was on its
way to Emergency when the
Scott circle accident occurred.
Inspector Winfree, head Of the
Police Departments training
school, was described by fellow
officers as extremely shaken"
by the tragedy.
Mrs. Salwach, q native Of Eng
land and a resident Of the United
States since childhood, was an
|employe Of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. until
1912. when she left to work for
the hotel. Her only known sur
vivor is her husband. Henry Sal
wach. . native Of Poland and q
former employe Of the Washing
ton Gas Light Co.
Mr.. Salwach has been bedrid-
den for several years. Told only
that his wife was injured, he
was taken to Sibley Hospital for
care.
Two Passengers in Car
Mrs. Winfree and her sister,
Mrs. Pauline Murphy, were riding
with the inspector when the COL
lision occurred. The car was GO
ing west on Massachusetts, ave-
nue.. around the circle.
The ofiicer told investigators
he thought the ambulance was
approaching from the rear and
that he headed for the nearest
curb. AS he did so, he saw it
bearing down from the north on
Sixteenth street.
While attempting to swerve
from its path, he said, the am
bulance clipped his right rear
fender, sending him out Of con-
troll. The car jumped the curb.
struck Mrs. Salwach, who was
standing with another woman on
the sidewalk Just west of the
circle and dragged her down.
Police said she was thrown
beneath the car and dragged
a small park. The car
had to be lifted to extricate her.
Her injuries included q broken
neck. 1t was 6 pm. before the
circle was cleared.
Police said Mrs. Bushong's
station wagon struck the bus as
they passed through the under
pass.
Mrs. Robert Murphy, Of S4lO
Manchester road. Silver Spring,
one Of the passengers, was
seated up front. She told in
vestigators the car suddenly
headed right into us. The next
moment we were all in tangled
heaps on the floor"