MOTOR SMASH.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 108, 9 May 1928, Page 10

MOTOR SMASH.

GREEN LANE COLLISION. PASSENGER BUS CAPSIZED. FOUR a HOSPITAL. MANY OTHERS INJURED. A collision between a fully-laden out-ward-bound motor bug and a motor car occurred at the intersection of Green Lane and "Wheturangi Road at about 5.15 o'clock last evening. The motor bus overturned, four women were seriously injured, and a number of other passengers were either severely bruised or cut by flying glass. The screams of the injured people brought help from houses in both streets. The injured people were fortunate in receiving prompt aid from a doctor, and as some person sent a telephone call for the hospital ambulance immediately after the crash, no time was lost in removing the sufferers. The four serious cases admitted tc the hospital were: — Mrs. E. Sullivan, aged 25, of 22, Moana Road, Onehunga; broken nose anc other facial injuries.

Ifr§. E. Gavin, aged 31, Horotutu Road; injuries to spine and shock. Urg, J. Geraghty, aged 55, Church Street, Onehunga; head injuries. X-ray examination did not reveal a frac-, ture of the skull. ]KiM Olive Thompson, aged 19, of 25, Tawhiri Road, Onehunga; shock and internal injuries. Condition serious. The bus was running on its regular outward service to Te Papapa along Whcturaiigi Road, and was driven by Mr. Henry Day, who resides on the garaae premises of his employers, Messrs. Taylor and Son, of Grotto StreetTe Papapa. The motor car was drive® by Mr. George D. Hopkins, salesman, ol Mount Hobson Road, and was proceedin# up (iraen Lane. He had one passenger in his car. Dangerous Intersection. The intersection is known to be e daigerouK one, and many accident! nave occurred here. Eye-witnesses stat« Uli waß across the intersectioi when the collision occurred. The cai ewerved to the left, and the bus to th< ■ * t movement was suffi th ® vehicles, and as th< result of the impact the bus swayed am toppled over on itn « u u r rVln J , n j * . ■><*«. rhe car apui u ~

The capsizing of the bus caused panic and confusion among the passengers. Women were wedged in seats, and others were thrown into a heap, all being showered with splintered wood and | fragments of glass. Helpers outside drew the attention of those struggling inside to the emergency exit at the j back. When this was opened the injured people were lifted out. Miss Thompson was found buried under seat cushions with her body wedged near the step of the bus. Efforts to release her failed, and it was found she was being crushed by the weight of the bus. Her position was critical. Nearly 30 men lifted the bus, and Miss Thompson was extricates. The driver of the car received a cut in the scalp through being thrown 11 against part of the liood, but his' com- J panion escaped injury. The actual col- c iision caused surprisingly little damage to either vehicle. c V Condition of the Injured. On inquiry being made at the Auck- ® land Hospital to-day it was ascertained ( that Miss Thompson's condition is still very serious. She is to undergo an X-ray examination. Mrs. Gavin passed a fairly comfortable night. Mrs. Sullivan was to undergo an operation for c nose injuries this morning. Mrs. f Geraghty was examined by X-ray last ( evening, and it is not thought now that 1 | she ig suffering from fracture of the t skull. She passed a fairly comfortable i , night.