TRAM AND BUS COLLIDE
ACCIDENT AT AUCKLAND BURST TYRE THE CAUSE. VEHICLE SWERVES ON TO LINE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. A collision between a Royal Blue motor-’bus full of passengers bound for Brown’s Bay and a steam tram occurred on Lake Road, Takapuna, at about 10 o’clock this morning. Both vehicles were travelling in the same direction when one of the tyres of the ’bus burst, causing the driver to swerve across the road over the tram lines. The engine of the tram crashed into the rear of the ’bus, a portion of which was smashed. Considering the force of the impact it was surprising that the ’bus did not overturn. One of the passengers, a boy, sustained a broken collarbone and two ladies suffered considerably from shock, but nobody was seriously injured. The driver (Hardaker) was thrown out, but regained his seat while the vehicle was still in motion.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 January 1927, Page 9
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