CAR AND BUS IN COLLISION.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 249, 20 October 1924, Page 9

CAR AND BUS IN COLLISION.

TWO BYSTANDERS HURT. There were several unusual features, connected with a motor car accident i which occurred at the corner of Cus- \ toms and Gore Streets, about 5 o'clock i on Saturday afternoon, resulting in a young man, Mr. Ivan Murdoch, being admitted to the hospital and Mr. Frank Clark being injured. A large Leyland j passenger motor bus, owned t>y Stuart Motors, Ltd., and driven by John D. Stuart, was proceeding along Customs Street East from Carlaw Park with a | load of passengers. On approaching the intersection of Gore Street tho ' driver of the bus noticed two red motor cars coming out of the continuation of j Gore Street leading to the railway station. The leading car was travelling at a slow pace, but the second vehicle appears to have been trying to overtake the other motor and pass it on the righthand side. The speed of the bus was gradually reduced, the driver assuming it was the intention of the drivers of both the other cars to turn into Customs Street in the direction of the j city. Instead of this, however, both i vehicles continued straight on, a collision between the bus and the slowly- j moving motor being unavoidable. The i slippery condition of the street and the force of the impact resulted in the car being swung round in the direction of Parnell while the head of the bus | pointed along Gore Street. None of the j passengers in the bus or the driver of | the car was injured, while the cars escaped with minor damage. Immediately following the collision two men were noticed lying in the street near the corner kerb. It is assumed that they were chatting on the foot- j path when they were knocked down by the third car, which had probably swerved on to the path to avoid the collision. This car proceeded along Gore i Street and disappeared. While the j injured man Murdoch was being attended to the other man. Mr. Frank i Clark, who was knocked down, was I taken away by friends. He later went to the hospital and had his injuries dressed. Murdoch was taken to the | hospital, where he is progressing favourably. Both the driver of the bus and D. L. Morrison, the driver of the taxi, are of opinion that it was neither of their , vehicles that hit the men.