Evening star., 1960-12-26
Maryland Virginia
Holiday Toll Hits 18
"a Die on Roads;
District Reports
No Fatalities


Ten persons died in Virginia,
eight of them on the highways,
and eight were killed in Mary
land, six in traffic accidents.
the Associated Press reported.
There were no fatalities from
fires or traffic accidents in the
District. A pedestrian was crit
ically injured yesterday when
he was struck by a hit-and-
run auto at Eighth and E
streets NV. police reported.
Police said the man, Robert
L. Mack. Is, of 1929 Lyman
place NE, was hit while cross
ing Eighth street. He suffered a
fractured skull and internal in
jurieS.
ID. C. Man Killed
One of the fatalities in
Maryland was a Washington
man, Ernest Lynch, Al, of 144
Seaton place NV. He was one
Of two persons killed when
their car went of the road
and overturned on the Balti-
more Harrisburg expresSway
yesterday.
The other victim was identi-
fed as the driver of the car.
Henry Hogue, 40, Of Baltimore.
Traffic accidents claimed two
lives Saturday in Maryland and
another two Friday night.
Mrs. Rachael Strawbridge,
As. of Plyesville, was killed
when her car collided with an
other near Madonna in Har-
ford County.
A 17-year-old girl, Linda
Leopold of Frederick, was ia
tally injured when a car carry
ing five persons went out Of
control on the Baltimore
Washington parkway near the
Kenilworth avenue interchange.
Fires Fatal to 2
Two persons, one of them q
4-year-old boy, were killed in
fires during the holiday week
end.
The child, Sherrell Walker,
jr. apparently fell while trying
to escape from q second-floor
bedroom Of his home in
Bowie, Md.
Bowie Fire Chief James Wild
IMAM said the blaze, which de-
stroyed the home, apparently
was touched OF by an over
heated kitchen woodworking
stove.
Earlier Saturday another fire
In southern Maryland claimed
the life of George Coates. about
40. He died wheen the fire de-
stroyed his one-story, four
room frame house off Mary
land Route 245 near Hollywood,
St. Marys County.
Children Killed .
In Virginia, two children died
in fires during the week end.
They were:
10 Ann Killebrew, 3, of Ports
mouth. burned fatally Satur-
day in a bedroom fire appar-
emily caused by overloaded elec-
trical circuits.
Aileen Goode, 2. of Powhatan,
burned to death when she was
trapped on the second floor Of
her home Saturday night.
These were the persons killed
in automobile accidents in
Virginia:
Norwood Lee Branun, %, Of
near Harrisonburg, who died in
a Harrisonburg hospital yester-
day afternoon as a result of
injuries received early yesterday
in a collision inside the Harri-
sonburg city limits.
Ronald Mac Fowler, 20, Of
near Marion, who was killed
early yesterday when the car
he was driving left U. S. II
half a mile west of Marion,
went over an embankment and
slammed into a tree.
Prince George Death
Allen Alexander Moody, %, Of
near DiSputanta. who was killed
Saturday night when the car he
was driving was involved in a
non-collision crash on State
Route 46 eight miles north of
Prince George.
Howard Renfro, 20, of
Blacksburg. a Navy man home
on Christmas leave, who died
Saturday night when the car
in which he was riding left
Route 602 about 10 miles south
of Christiansburg and over
turned down an embankment.
Robert P. Hutchens, II. of
Staunton. who died Saturday
night when he was struck by a
car on State Route 254 just
across the road from his home
shortly after he had left the
place he worked. Ben Ellis
Caldwell. 20, of Staunton, sur
rendered to police yesterday
and was released on $4,000 bond
on charges of manslaughter and
hit-and-run driving in Mr..
HutchenS' death.
Killed on Street
Olen Meador. ST, of Roanoke,
who was killed Saturday night
when he was struck by a car at
a Roanoke street intersection.
Jack Miles, %, of Norfolk,
who was killed Saturday when
he was hit by car as he walked
along State Route So, nine miles
west of Emporia in Grccnsville
County.
Alfred L. Lane, "a, of Glen
Allen, who was killed Saturday
when his car went out OF con-
troll and careened into a bus
loaded with AZ persons on U. S.
| three miles north OF Rich
nond. Four bus passengers
we're hurt slightly.