BUS HITS CAR

Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1937, Page 6

BUS HITS CAR

THREE PIERSONS INJURED. (Per Press Associrtion—Copyright). AUCKLAND, June 14. Three people were injured when a baby car and a passenger transport company’s Inis, crowded with passen-i gers, came into collision on the Great South road near Otahuliu, about 8 tliis j morning. The ■ injured, all of whom) were passengers in the small car, were; Miss Margaret Galloway, 23, of Papa- 1 kura,’• serious head injuries; her; brother, Gordon Galloway, of Palmer-; ston North, serious head injuries, and; a Mr Smart, believed to- be a relative,. serious 1 head injuries. All are in hospital. .

The bus was travelling from Otahuliu to Auckland, and when passing Church ’Street liirtersectionp it suddenly yeeved'Hjiciidssolihe nrolad, • owing, it is -allegedy;to?'the atofering;-gear'.failing to (functioni and > crashed;'head on rtoythe .small 'car, which i wasii pushed hack .sixteen r yards; and jammed agajnst a stone wall and ba,d!y . smashed-. The passengers in the, bus, apart from shock, escaped. injury. The bus was slightly damaged. Names of the injured occupants, of the car are Miss Margaret Galloway, 23, typiste, of Papakura, serious head injuries and concussion ; Gordon Galloway, hank clerk, of Otaki, head injuries and concussion, condition somewhat serious; and Herbert Smart, elderly, plumber of Wawhiti Road, New Plymouth, crushed chest, abrasions, and concussion.