TRAINS COLLIDE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 185, 20 May 1941, Page 6

TRAINS COLLIDE.

WELLINGTON ELECTRIC UNITS.

AITJCH DAMAGE; NO INJURY. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Severe damage was done to two electric units in a collision on the Johnsonville line. The collision occurred through a goods train which stalled on the way up the hill holding up the following electric unit, into the tail of which another crashed. Each unit consisted of two cars.

The rear end of the stationary unit was badly smashed, and the buckling effect on the whole car was apparent in twisted metal panels and broken Windows along the sides. The front compartment of the. other unit was forced back, but. fortunately not far enough to injure the driver, the side opposite to that ,at .which he was seated taking the full force. Here the front seat was forced up and back and covered with splintered material and broken glass. Other seats in the car were twisted and the metal flooring forced up. Both units were almost empty, being outward-bound, and in neither case Were any .passengers near the portions of the cars most knocked about.