WAAC KILLED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24825, 23 February 1944, Page 4

WAAC KILLED

WAITING FOR TRAM TRUCK WRECKS SHELTER ESCAPE OF COMPANION A member of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was killed at about nine o'clock last night when an American truck, failing to negotiate a bend in Three Kings Road, crashed into a tram shelter in which the woman was standing. The victim was

Miss Dorothy Nina Hansen, aged 24, whose mother, Mrs. A. Hansen, resides at Kiln Street, Silverstream, Wellington. Miss Hansen was attached to an afmy unit in Auckland.

The heavy truck was proceeding along Three Kings Road in the direction of the city. Instead of turning round the bend near the Rewa Road intersection it continued straight on to the footpath and crashed into the shelter, which collapsed. The young woman died from her injuries on the way to the Green Lane Hospital. A young man, a'friend of the victim, standing beside her, had a remarkable escape from serious injury. He suffered only slight bruises. Ihey were both waiting for a tram and were talking together when the truck crashed into the shelter. The vehicle passed right through tne structure, bringing the roof down on to the footpath. The truck then back on to the road and stopped with the front portion in a hedge on tne opposite side of the road. The driver escaped injury. . An inquest into the death of Miss Hansen will be opened this morning.