BUS OVER BANK

Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1938, Page 6

BUS OVER BANK

COLLISION WITH MjPTOR-CAR. (Per Press Association—Cop^righ^). , Marc^*§j (<< '"A large motor bus returning from Huntly to Auckland last evening, with about-30 cricketers : as. : lided with a car at a bend in'the Great South Road, swerved down a 15ft bank, -and, came to rest with , its bon.net against the bank of a drain. 'A lucky escape from serious injury was experienced Sv the passengers, and driver.- . Slight cuts were. receiv efl by several of the passengers, Rut none needed medical attention. The car with which the bus collided was extensively damaged, and the driver; Mr M, ’A. of Frankton, an d Hour -passengers all received minor injuries and suffered from severe shock. After being attended by a doctor they were . able to go'home. , . The cricketers -were from Auckland, and after playing at Huntly .were rethfiling to the city when -the. accident occurred at about nine o’clock; Considerable difficulty was experienced in hauling the bus hack on fo .theroad ;US the ground was soft l and sloping steeply. The corner where ythe collision red is about four and a half .miles south of Mercer, and '('has' been the scene of several accidents. \V