CROSSING CRASH

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19315, 4 May 1937, Page 10

CROSSING CRASH

YOUNG GIRL KILLED '.,'•'' TRAIN STRIKE'S. A CAP? ji-girl was ". killed!.and, •■•her parents were injured when the car in which "they worn-occupants collided with a train ;it a level crossing about half a mile, jiom tho Owhango railway station, .near Tauinarunui, on Friday. Tho- victims were :—- Killed.—.Toan Kitchens, aged 10 years. Injured.—Mr. Alhoii Edward Ultchens, aged 40,-bushman, of Owhango ; ' abrasions t«.,the head and injuries to tho'ldft shoulder; condition not serious. Mrs. Phyllis Whitford Kitchens,'• aged: 34, injuries, to the left arm and head; condition riot serious, • '. , .- '' ■ -.'<-, Tho "car, which was driven by Mr, Hitcjieps; was almost over; the crossing when the collision occurred, the back poHion. ot-tho, vehicle receiving the full ioH£&Qt tho impact. The car wns swung 1 to~it9 : side, the child- being. thrown m to,*JtJt6.>6ad,>nd Mr, arid Mrs, Kitchens befng •imprisoned within. Axes '.had .46 to cut away.tho bodywork before thev could be released. Mr. and Mrs. Ilitchens and their daughter were conveyed to,the TauniartiriulHospital, where the child,died,,two hours after admission. She had severe head injuries and,a fractured.left leg. A clock which, it is claimed, measures one sixty-millionth part of a second, was, among. .jQicaxMbits.'-at ..a.-Ba'dio-Exhibi-sion recently held in Berlin.