MOTOR CRASHES INTO TRAM

Evening Star, Issue 21993, 1 April 1935, Page 8

MOTOR CRASHES INTO TRAM

OCCUPANTS TRAPPED IN COLLISION THREE SERIOUSLY INJURED [Pbr Unitsd Press Association.] AUCKLAND, April 1. Four young people were injured when a motor car in which they were travelling capsized and crashed into a tramcar at the intersection of Eden terrace and dominion road at 11.30 last night. The injured are:— Thomas Callendar, driver, head injuries. Robert Henry Gear, fractured left leg and shock. Miss Frances Young, abrasions to the head and face and injuries to the chest and shock.

Miss Myra Strongman, slight concussion and shock.

The hospital report to-day was tha.t all the patients were in a condition with the exception of Miss Strongman.

The motor car was proceeding down Eden terrace, the driver apparently intending to turn into Dominion road. The tramcar was about to turn the corner into Eden terrace. The motorman, H. P. Hanson, applied the air brakes, but the motor car was still lying on its side, and skidding across the road struck the front of the tram with a terrific crash. The body of the motor car was badly twisted, and the occupants were trapped. Some time elapsed before they were extricated. The car was damaged beyond repair. The steel front of the tramcar was pierced and the glass windows inside were broken. The steel driving control box was forced inwards, and the motorman’s foot was caught, but he was not seriously injured. ■