COLLISION IN CITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19719, 19 August 1927, Page 10

COLLISION IN CITY.

MOTOR-CAR AND TRAM.

INJURIES TO TWO MEN.

ACCIDENT AT MIDNIGHT. Two persons were injured in a collision which occurred between a motor-car and a break-down tramcar at the corner of Erlen Street and Anzac Avenue shortly before midnight. Mr. Herbert Francis Helmling, aged 35, of Fairview Road, Mount Eden, sustained fractured ribs, and Mr. Gladston Mahon, of Saltburn Road, Taknpuna, sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and internal injuries. There was another occupant in the,car, but he escaped uninjured. The break-down car was proceeding up Anzac Avenue and the motor-car was coming out of Eden Street. The car skidded in making the turn and was struck by the front portion of the tram. The injured men were wedged in the motor-car and it requirecj ten minutes' work to extricate them. They were taken to the hospital by the St. John Ambul-

ance. The hospital authorities stated early this morning that Mr. Mahon was in a serious condition.

The collision occurred with severe force. The car was very badly damaged, the body being twisted out of shape and a rear wheel and axle breaking. The front of the tram was shattered, the controls being thrown out of position. At the time of the accident very heavy rain .was falling.