Evening star., 1960-10-08
Area Car Crashes
Kill ;, Iniure Il
CheverIyG
Is Struck by
Passing Auto

Three Washington area resi-
dents died in traffic accidents
late yesterday and today in
Virginia and Maryland.
Also In the nearby area, a
Cheverly girl was critically in
jured when she ran into q
passing car, and eight teen
ayers were hurt in q two-car
crash in Arlington.
Those killed were Douglass
Shuts, z, Of Great Falls, va;
James o. Elkins, 20, Of Alex
andria. and Charles Everett
Taylor, 10, Of Waldorf, Md.
The Shuts boy. son OF Mrs.
Owen c. Shuts, %, was fatally
injured when his mothers car
hit a pole on Route sos near
Pender.
Mrs. Shuts and a daughter,
Rachelle, IL months, were adj
mitted to Arlington Hospital
for observation. Another son,
Richard, 8, was admitted with
a fractured arm. A third son.
Gary, 4, was treated and re-
leased.
Douglas died at the hospital.
Auto Strikes Pole
Mr.. Elkins was killed when
the car in which he was riding
went out of control and hit q
pole near Wytheville, Va, the
Associated Press reported.
State police said the car was
driven by Mr.. Elkins' wife
Janis. who was listed in criti,
cal condition in a Wytheville
hospital with possible internal
injuries. a broken right leg, a
broken right shoulder and pos
sible conclusion.
A neighbor said Mr.. Elkins,
a Navy enlisted man. and his
wife, were On their way to
Tennessee. where Mr.. Elkins'
father had died suddenly. Mr..
ElkinS was scheduled to be dis.
charged next month from the
Navy, the neighbor said.
Mr.. Taylor was killed and
two companions injured this
morning when the car he was
driving failed to negotiate a
curve on Route 5 south of
Hughesville, and sheared of a
pole. Maryland State police re-
ported.
His companions, Paul A.
Pinkney, 10. of Waldorf and
Elizabeth Ball, l6. Of La Plata,
were admitted to, Physicians
Memorial Hospital, La Plata,
with head cuts and fractures.
The Cheverly girl was criti-
cally injured last night when
she ran from between two
parked cars and into the side
OF a passing auto, Prince
Georges County police reported.
The injured girl is Rhonda
Shegogue, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Shegogue Of S7ll
Landover road.
Police said the accident oc-
Cured at Route 202 and Fifty,
eighth avenue, not far from her
home.
The driver, Ingram Pearl, a,
Of HyattSville, was not charged
police said.
Rhonda was admitted to
Prince Georges Memorial Hos.
pital with head injuries.
Eight Are Injured
Eight teen-agers were injured
last night in q two-car crash
on Arlington boulevard at Edi-
son street. Arlington County
police reported.
Police identified the drivers
OF the cars as Gary w. Hover
ton, Is, Of 400S South Nine
teenth street. Arlington, and
Thomas w. Hatcher, II, of
Centreville.
All Of the injured were taken
to Arlington Hospital but only
young Hatcher was admitted.
He was reported in good con-
dltlon with a fractured wrist.
Treated and released were
John w. Trumble, II, of 5000
North Sixth street; young
Howerton; Blaine v. Herrinr,
jr.. 16, of 5725 North Eighth
street, and Nancy Duryee, ia
OF 1900 North Jefferson street
all Of Arlington and all passen-
gers In the Howerton car.
Passengers in the Hatcher
car. also treated and released.
were Amos N. Latham, Sd. l6, of
8 Terrott court. Fairfax; wiz
liam Burtchaell. II. of Route i.
Oakton, and Jeremy Schuller'
II. OF 4ol Burrows avenue, Fair
Police were continuing their
investigation Of the case today.
NO charges were placed inn
mediately.