MOTOR TRAGEDY

Grey River Argus, 13 June 1931, Page 4

MOTOR TRAGEDY

IN CITY STREET A Dangerous Spot (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, June 12. A man who was struck by a motor car in Jervois Quay early last evening was so badly injured that he died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. He had not been identified last evening, although the initials “R. H. B. ’ ’ were marked on the inside of his hat. and his gold wristlet watch bore the inscription “To T. Barber, from Tycho friends; 6/8/15.’’ i The accident occurred about 6.40 p.m. toward the side of Jervois Quay remote from, and almost opposite, Hariris Street. Francis Gregory Galvin, | aged 65, of Coromandel Street, Mana- [ ger of Rubber Distributors, Ltd., was .the driver of the car. He was going | south along the Quay, and as far as could be gathered from him, the man he struck came from the left hand side ; of the road near the waterfront. Ac- | cording to Galvin, when the man moved to cross the road, the car bore over to the left in order to pass behind and avoid him. On the road, however, and with the car approaching, he must have changed his mind, and turned back. With a broken wind shield, twisted left headlamp, and a dented mudguard, the car went on a short distance before pulling up. The force of the collision had knocked off the spare wheel. Mr Galvin ran back to the man, and then ra n to the Free Ambulance Depot, nearby, to get assistance. The man was taken to the hospital in the ambui lance van. but on arrival there he j was found to be dead. The night was dark, and the road was wet, with a light drizzle. The place where the ' accident happened is a dangerous one, because the Quay is extremely wide, . and the side nearer to the waterfront •is ill lit. No footpath runs along that