MOTORIST KILLED
WOMAN INJURED LEVEL CROSSING SMASH TRAIN WRECKS CAR TERRIFIC IMPACT (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. A man was killed and a woman seriously injured when a small motor car was struck by a local train on a level crossing on the Pukekohe-Pae rata road at 10.20 this morning. The victim was John Boyd Marshall, of Grahams Beach, Waiuku, aged about 00. The identity of the woman is not jet known. It is stated that, neither the tram nor the car was travelling at a fast pace. The smaller vehicle was carried a distance of 100yds. and reduced tn a twisted mass of wreckage. The woman was thrown some distance from the point of impact, while Mr. Marshall, who was driving, was taken from the wreckage of the car and died 10 minutes later. The injured woman was taken by ambulance to the Auckland Hospital.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20136, 4 January 1940, Page 8
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147MOTORIST KILLED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20136, 4 January 1940, Page 8
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