CAR ON FOOTPATH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20603, 30 June 1930, Page 8

CAR ON FOOTPATH.

CRASH INTO SHOP WINDOW. OCCUPANTS ESCAPE INJURY. EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT. Becoming out of control in Karangahapo Road shortly before three o'clock yesterday morning, a motor-car containing two young women mounted the footpath and crashed into one of th i plate-glass windows of Rendells, Limited, drapers. The front portiOD of the car was badly damaged, but the occupants escaped with minor injuries. The cai was being driven in the direction of Grafton Bridge. The woman driving it states that she thought she saw a man step from the kerb near Flackson's shop and swerving to avoid striking him she swung the car against a tramway centre-poie. When the car struck the pole one of the back tyres blew out and the driver lost control of the vehicle. It swerved to tho opposite side of the road and crashed into the window, snapping a verandah pole in three pieces as it passed. . The whole of the front portion of the car lodged in the window among a display of men's suits. The occupants, who were cut by flying glass and severely jolted, extricated themselves without difficulty from tho wreckage. They obtained treatment at the casualty ward at the Auckland Hospital, but were later able to go home. The radiator and front mudguards of tho car were extensively damaged and the windscreen was shattered. Comparatively small damage was done to tho articles in the window. INCIDENT IN CITY. URGE WINDOW SUFFERS. AN UNOCCUPIED MOTOR-CAR. Unusual circumstances were responsible for tho smashing of a large plate-glass window in tho premises of Hugh Wright, Limited, on Saturday morning. A five-seater motor-car was being driven down Queen Street by Mr. H. W. Cropp, of 52, Grafton Road, when the engine stalled. Efforts to restart the engine by means of the self-starter having failed, Mr. Cropp alighted and gripping the wheel with one hand endeavoured to move the car toward the footpath. Several pedestrians gave a willing hand and the car, gathering momentum, mounted the footpath and crashed into tho window. No damag* was done to the car.