Close race
Traffic officers had a hard job—and a maternity case —on their hands when heavy Games traffic built up near Queen Elizabeth II Park yesterday. The peak was reached in the early afternoon, when motorists were delayed for up to 45 minutes in the Mairehau Road — Bower Avenue area. It was during this time that a traffic car was called to take a pregnant woman, very near childbirth, to Burwood Hospital.
The car was the nearest and most convenient transport to the woman's home because of the bumper-to-bumper traffic, and the call left no doubt about the urgency required. The quickest and least congested route was hastily decided, and motorcycle officers, pointsmen, and the driver of the car were all involved in the dash through the traffic jams.
The woman was delivered In time; the baby later.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33448, 1 February 1974, Page 1
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