TRAIN HITS CAR
Woman And Two Children Injured (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, October 4. A collision occurred between a light, motor-car and the Hamilton-Cam-bridge passenger train at Matangi crossing at 4 o’clock this afternoon and several occupants of the car were injured. They were:—• Mrs. Amy Muriel Bath, aged 28, Wife of Mr. William Bath, Matangi; injuries to hip and leg. Condition not serious.
Ean Wilfred Bath, aged four; head injuries, fracture of an arm and injuries to a foot; condition serious.
Barbara Robinson, aged two years, daughter of Mr. C. Robinson, Matangi; shock and abrasions. The car was being driven by Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson in a northerly direction and struck the side of an engine. It was thrown into the air and was extensively damaged. Mrs. Bath was thrown several yards beyond the car and a piece bf wood penetrated several inches into her left leg. Ean Bath was thrown still farther away Mrs. Robinson received a bruised shoulder and suffered from shock, but her condition did not necessitate admission to hospital.
The accident was seen by many secondary school children returning home from Hamilton.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 9, 5 October 1940, Page 16
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186TRAIN HITS CAR Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 9, 5 October 1940, Page 16
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