REGIONAL BRIEFING

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

Man Killed, Three Injured in Auto Accident

Prince George's County police are investigating an automobile accident in Clinton that killed a man from Manassas yesterday morning, a spokesman said.

David Odger, 47, the driver of a Dodge van used by a landscaping company, apparently crossed the double lines in the 8300 block of Old Branch Avenue near Barnwood Drive at 6:45 a.m. and struck a Chevrolet sport-utility vehicle, police said.

Odger was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital, police said. A passenger in the van is in critical condition, and the driver and a passenger in the SUV are in serious condition, said Cpl. Clinton Copeland, a spokesman for the Prince George's police.

Copeland said neither speeding nor alcohol appeared to be a factor in the accident.

-- Nelson Hernandez

THE DISTRICT

Some Public Libraries to Be Closed on Sundays

More than half of the District's 27 public libraries will be closed Sundays through January because of staffing shortages, city officials have announced. The shortages stem from employee vacations, holiday leave and some retirements, library system spokeswoman Kandace Foreman said.

Remaining open Sundays through Jan. 30 will be the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library downtown and the following branches: Anacostia, Benning, Cleveland Park, Lamond-Riggs, Mount Pleasant, Southeast, Takoma Park, Tenley-Friendship, Washington Highlands, Watha T. Daniel/Shaw and West End.