FATAL COLLISION
SKID ON A HILL
CAR CRASHES INTO LORRY
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, July 31,
A fatal collision occurred on Kilmog Hill shortly after 2 p.m. today when a five-seater motor-car driven by George Gloag, labourer, of Omarama, collided with a motor-lorry proceeding in the opposite direction and was hurled against a bank on the inside of the road, the driver of the car being killed instantaneously.
Mr. Gloag, who was a single man, 23 year's of age, was travelling to Dunedln with two companions when the accident occurred. He apparently applied his brakes when he saw the lorry approaching, but the slippery surface of the road caused the car to skid into the oncoming vehicle, with the result that all three occupants were thrown out of the car, the driver receiving the full force of the impact. The two passengers escaped uninjured.
An inquest will be held tomorrow morning.
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Evening Post, Issue 28, 1 August 1936, Page 8
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151FATAL COLLISION Evening Post, Issue 28, 1 August 1936, Page 8
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