STRUCK BY TRAIN
Motorist Killed At LeA’el Crossing (By Telegraph—Press Association.) • DUNEDIN, February 2. Albert George Melvin, a well-known resident of AVaiwera South, was killed at 9.20 yesterday morning, when a private car he was driving was struck by the north-bound InvercargillChristchurch express. The accident occurred at a level crossing in the centre of the township. Air. Alelvin, who was a lorry driver emploved by Colin Stuart, saw-miller, was travelling from the direction of the sports ground to the sawmill when tlie accident happened. He was, the only person in the ear, and, so far as is known at present, was killed outright when the express struck him. Conditions for driving were good at the time and the express, which does not stop at AVaiwera, was on schedule. Air. Alelvin leaves a wife and three children. _____
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 110, 3 February 1941, Page 9
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