MOTORING FATALITY

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 119, 13 February 1926, Page 10

MOTORING FATALITY

CAR COLLIDES WITH POST DETAILS OF THE MISHAP Br Telegraph.—Paßss- Association Auckland February 12. Further details have been received in connection with the motor-car smash which occurred at 6.30 last night on the Manukau Road, Epsom. The names of the killed and injured arc :— Killed: Mr. Thomas Meaclien, assistant locomotive foreman, Railways Department. 'lnjured: Mr. W. O. Ennis, staff superintendent Railway Department, Wellington; injuries to the seal]) ami back, and shock. Mr Robert Carroll, aged 22, slight injuries to the hand. Mr. Meaclien was the owner of the car, a five-seater, which was being driven along the Manukau Road. The roadway had become greasy owing to light rain, and as the cai slowed down to allow the passengers of a tram to alight, it hit a post on the kerb, and, spinning right round, met the post again with a terrific impact The car was practically cut in half. The driver, who was killed outright, sustained terrible injuries. After first aid hail been administered, Mr. Ennis was conveyed to a private hospital, where it was reported that his injuries were not serious. ■ • The remaining passenger, Mr. Robert Carroll, was able to proceed to his home after the dressing of a minor injury. Mr. Ennis slated that his only recollection in regard to the accident was the sudden grinding of the brakes as thev approached the tramcar, and then nothing more. Mr Ennis was a lieutenant-colonel in the Pioneer Battalion during the war.