ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
INJURED MAN IDENTIFIED (BY TKI-EORAPH PR KBS ASSOCIATION,. WELLINGTON, June 21. A niti'ii who was knocked down by a motor car on the Hutt Road on Saturday evening, receiving head injuries and being admitted to hospital in an unconscious condition, lia-s been identified a« Sydney Wen-ham, a single man aged 37, who lives a-t Petone.- He was icported to-day to have partially recovered consciousness and to be out. of danger.
LEVEL CROSSING SMASH. OAMARU, June 21. A level crossing smash occurred near Enfield this afternoon, when a goods train coming into Oarna-ru crashed into a. car driven by Harold Russell, of Rototuna, Waikato, who was, accompanied bv a lady passenger. When upicaching the crossing Russell slowed down and thinking the line was clear, went ahead. Thee front wheels of the car were just on the line when the engine struck the front of the car, almost omnlete'v wrecking it. Neither Russell nor bis companion wa.s thrown out, and had a remarkable escape from serious injury.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 June 1927, Page 7
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