Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12
1SAre Injured
In Collision Of
Bus, Truck
Garbage Wagon
Driver Reported
AS Worst Hurt

Eighteen persons were in
Jured-at least one of them Sc
riously-when a D. C. Transit
bus and a District garbage
truck colhded at the intersec-
ton of Nevada avenue and
Mckinley street NV. today.
A witness to the crash was
11-year-old Jeffrey Stein.
OF SIT Nevada avenue. He said
ne was riding down Nevada
toward Mckinley on his BIZ
cycle about 1890 am. when
the loaded truck passed him
heading south.
AS he watched, he told DO
lice. the westbound bus pulled
into the intersection and the
two collided with a grinding
crash.
The force of the collision
carried both vehicles toward
the southwest corner, where
the truck hit a tree and the
bus wedged against the side
of the truck. jamming the
front door of the bus.
Woman Calls Police
Mrs. Louise Kelly, who lives
at the corner, at 5542 Nevada I
avenue, said she heard the
crash and called police.
When she completed the call
and went outside, she saw some
Is persons emerging from the
rear side door Of the bus.
Some bus passengers began
caring for the injured while
others tried to get the badly
hurt truck driver from his cab.
Twelve victims of the crash,
including the bus driver, Fred L. |
Griswold, of 6607 Fourteenth
street NV, were taken to the
Washington Hospital Center.
None of them was believed to be
badly injured.
The most seriously injured
was the truck driver, Charles
Whitaker Of 1887 Corcoran
street NE, who suffered a
fractured skull. He and five
other injured persons were
taken to Sibley Hospital.
Mrs. Kelly said she hoped the
accident would cause traffic
officials to do something about
the intersection, which she
described as very dangerous.
There are stop signs on Nc
Kinley, a major east-west road
way, but not on Nevada, which
is heavily Travelled, especially
at the morning and evening
peak hours. Mrs. Kelly said res
idents had asked repeatedly to
have a four-way stop at the in
tersection.
Police records indicate there
have been four accidents in
volving property damage and
two involving personal injuries
this year, not counting today's
collision. Officials said there
might also have been other ac-
cidents which had not yet been
received in the master record
for the city.
Passengers Treated
The passengers treated at
Washington Hospital Center,
for minor injuries, were listed
as:
Clarence Smith, of 1924
Twelfth street NV; Tom Yen
Soohoo, of 1404 Girard street
NV; Edward Summers, of 1886
Hamilton street NV; Maria
Lacaja, of 5916 Sixteenth street
NV; Fannie Byrd, of 1912
Arkansas avenue NV; Gilda
North, of 5419 Thirteenth street
NV; Bernice Glover, of 614
Kennedy street NV; Doc
Brantley, of 1902 New Hamp-
shire avenue NV; Kenneth
Anderson of 800 L street NV;
Catherine Anderson, 723 Long
fellow street NV; Rose Hal
Ion, 1919 Morrison street NV,
and Mr.. Griswold, the bus
driver.
Treated at Sibley Hospital
in addition to Mr.. Whitta-
ker, we're: Clarence Albright,
so, of 514 Rittenhouse street
NV; Lucille R. Smith, 81, 1923
Seventeenth place NE; Doris
w. chatham, 81, of $500 Eighth
street NV; Ethel L. Wills, 48,
of 507 Chillum road, Hyatts-
vile. and Frances w. Selnsen,
IA, of 2701 Military road NV.