Two Killed and Five Injured

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 1, 2 January 1941, Page 7

Two Killed and Five Injured

DOUBLE ACCIDENT ON HUTT ROAD Per Press AssociationWELLINGTON, Jan. 1. Two people were killed and five others injured in a collision between a taxi and a small car on the Hutt road between the railway crossing and the Petone station at about 5 a.m. to-day. They were: Killed Goorge Rtminer, salesman, 9 Boston Terrace, Wellington. Herbert John Davies, married, aged 57, chief steward of an overseas vessel at present at Wellington. He lived at Duchy Drive, Paignton, South Devon. Injured MUs K. Lucitta, 41A The Terrace, Wellington; fractured left thigh and severe shock. Dr. A. K. Currie, ship’s doctor on the same overseas vessel; head and chest injuries. Miss J. Williams, 30 Gorge road, Ngaio; injuries to back, face, shoulder and chest, and severe shock.

M. Shield, taxi driver; incised wound on face, slight concussion and shock. R. E. Gibbs, milkman, Taita; severe head injuries, broken nose and shock. Rimmer and Davies, whose necks were broken by the force of the impact, were killed instantly. The Petone police stated that the accident occurred almost on the crown of the road and there was no evidence that it had been caused by liquor. It appears that Miss Lucitta, Dr. Currie and Davies were in Miss Lucitta’s car and were returning to Wellington along the Western Hutt road about 4 a.m. when the car failed to negotiate a bend and struck a bank. The three were later picked up by Rimmer, who was taking them into Wellington when a second accident occurred.