Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16
4 Men and Child Killed
In Area Traffic Accidents
First FotoIity
Of 81 Recorded
In Montgomery

month-old boy were killed in
five auto accidents last night
and yesterday.
Montgomery County recorded
its first traffic fatality of the
year with the death of John T.
McGann, 80, of 1882 Terry place
NV.
The Prince Georges County
traffic toll reached IL for the
year with the deaths of John
L. Knighton, SO. of 7112 Allen
town road; James B. Greenlief,
I26, of Upper Marlboro, and
George H. King, 70, of 6484
Walker Mill road, District
Heights.
The baby, son of Mrs. Mar
garet Anderson. 1852 Kilbourne
place NV, was killed in a crash
near Frostburg, Md.
Mr.. McGann. father of a six
month old child, was killed
about 2 am. today when his car
went out of control on Route 81
and rolled over several times and
struck tree. The victim, an
employe of a Washington hard
ware store, died instantly when
he was thrown from the auto,
police said.
Driving in Fog
Montgomery County Police Pvt.
Ganley Winovich said the acct
dent happened ABOUT 400 feet
below the Frederick County lire.
He said Mr.. McGann apparently
went off the road in the fog. Mr..
Mccain suffered a fractured
skull and crushed chest, the
policeman said.
Mr.. Knighton was killed in
stantly when his auto ran off
the road in the fog and crashed
into drainage ditch about 1915
am. in the 5000 block Tucker
road. Oxon Hill, according to
Prince Georges Police Pvt. Rob-
ert Zidek.
A passenger. Helen L. Tippett,
Al, of 1900 Alabama avenue Sc,
was admitted to Casualty Hos
pital suffering head and face
cuts and possible internal in
juries, Pvt. Zidek said.
Mr.. King was struck by car
as he was walking in the 5000
block Marlboro pike about GAS
pm. He died at 7 am. in Prince
Georges County Hospital.
Suffered Head Injuries
Police Private Frank Thombs
said Mr.. King suffered head in
Juries and broken ankles when
he was struck by the car driven
by William T. Callas, jr., 81, of
the 1900 block Russell avenue,
Mount Rainier. Police said Mr..
Callas is minor league ball
player for a Washington Sena-
tors farm club.
Police said Mr.. King appar-
emily started across the street
during a rainstorm.
Mr.. Greenlief, an employee of
the county's Department of
Public Works, was killed about
1880 pm. when his car struck a
power pole on Marlboro pike, 500
feet east of Federal Branch
within the town limits.
James Wills, 20, of Upper
Marlboro, a passenger, suffered
a slight cut over his left eye,
according to Police Private Will
liam WEIGH. Police quoted MIR.
Wills as saying the Greenlief
car was forced of the road by
an oncoming car.
Plunges Over Bank
The child was killed yesterday
when a station wagon veered out
of control on a straight stretch
of Route 40, plunged over a To-
foot bank and rolled over several
times. Mrs. Anderson, "a, was
critically injured and was adj
mitted to Miners Hospital at
Frostburg with a possible frac-
tured collar bone. hip injury and
shock.
The station wagon was driven
by Anne NJ. Rostick. %, of Joliet.
III. She was admitted in fair
condition suffering bruises and
shock.
State Trooper Glen D. Folk
said he hadn't learned yet what
caused the car to go out of con-
troll. The Anderson child suf-
fered fractured skull.