CROSSING ACCIDENT
RADIO INSPECTOR KILLED By Telegraph Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, July 27. Leopard Olliver, a Post and Telegraph Department Radio Inspector, was Killed when his car was struck by a train this afternoon on the level crossing in Langdon’s Road. Olliver was alone in the ca which was travelling east over the line towards the North Road. The car was struck by a goods train from Ranglora and was hurled across the rails. The driver’s head was knocked against one of the car windows, causing grievous injuries. Death is believed to have been instantaneous. Olliver was married and between 40 and 50 years of age. The view of an approaching train is partly obscured at this spot by a clump of trees. The front wheels of the car were over the .ne and the engine struck the body of the car. Slid marks on the road showed that the driver had made frantic efforts to stop the car, having too late seen the approaching train. In the crash the car was turned completely round and hurled against the heavy wood barrier at the cattle stops, smashing one post to the ground level.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20481, 28 July 1936, Page 6
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192CROSSING ACCIDENT Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20481, 28 July 1936, Page 6
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