STRUCK BY CAR

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 13 April 1939, Page 6

STRUCK BY CAR

PEDESTRIAN KILLED ANOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED (United Preet Amukm* t loci WANGANUI, 12th April Two pedestrians were struck by a motor-car on the main Wanganui-New Plymouth highway, a mile north of Waverley. at 4.30 p.m. to-day. One died while being taken to Patea Hospital, and the other was admitted to hospital in a serious condition. A threc-year-old child being wheeled in a pushchair escaped injury. The victims were:— KILLED William Ellis, single, aged 27. a labourer, employed by the Pctone Borough Council. INJURED Mrs Hilda Ellis. Waverley, aged about 32. a sister-in-law of Mr Ellis; severe wound in the head asd concussion; condition serious Mr Ellis arrived at Waverley by service car at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, intending to spend a week’s holiday with his brother, who lives at the Waverley racecourse, and works for Bremner Brothers. He was met by Mr« Ellis, who had with her her three-year-old daughter in a pushchair. Mr and Mrs Ellis were walking outward from Waverley. on the way home, and a mile north of the towsship they were overtaken by a car. The sun was low in the west at the time and glaring. Mr and Mrs Ellis were struck by the car, but the child in the pushchair escaped. Mr Ellis whose head and back were severely injured, died before the ambulance reached Patea Hospital: his sister-in-law was admitted in a serious condition.