TOLL OF THE CROSSING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20867, 8 May 1931, Page 10

TOLL OF THE CROSSING.

TRAIN AND CAR COLLIDE. . ' WOMAN KILLED INSTANTLY, „ •HURLED THIRTY FEET. DAUGHTER RECEIVES INJURIES. [from our own correspondent.] TE AROHA, Thursday, The Stanley Road crossing, at Herriesville, Te Aroha, was the scene of a shocking fatality at 12.45 p.m. to-day, when Mrs. Ada Spriggs, aged 60, of Aria, near To Kuiti, was killed outright as a result of the Hamilton-Paeroa mixed train striking tho car in which she was a passenger. The driver of the car, Mr. Henry Spriggs, of Aria, and son of the deceased, was taking a party through to Waihi and approached To Aroha via Gordon Road. Straightening up as ho reached Stanley Road he had applied the brakes on hearing the train whistle and was almost across the rails when the engine struck the rear wheels of tho car. Tho impact threw Mrs. Spriggs a distance of 30ft., where she fell on tha bituminised pavement, striking her head. She was killed instantly. The car was turned completely over and wrecked b&. yond recognition. Rose Spriggs, a daughter of the deceased, aged 16, received deep lacerations to the arms and legs and was removed to the Hamilton Hospital. The driver and Benjamin Goldsworthy, aged 4, were unhurt, although considerably shaken. The inquest will bo held to-morrow. The Stanley Road crossing is gaining an unenviable record for accidents. Tho ✓ periodic collisions there are causing considerable concern.