MOTORIST KILLED.
COLLISION BETWEEN CAR AND LORRY. DUNEDIN, July 31. A fatal collision occurred on Kilmog Hill shortly after 2 p.m. to-day when a five seater motor car driven by George Gloag, labourer, of Omarama, collided with a motor lorry proceeding in the opposite direction and was hurled against the bank on the inside of the road, the driver of the car being killed instantaneously. Gloag, who was a single man, 23 years of age, was travelling to Dunedin with two companions when the accident occurred. He apparently applied his brakes when he saw the lorry approaching but the slippery surface of the road caused the ear to skid into the oncoming vehicle, with the result that all three occupants were thrown out of the car. The driver received the full force of the impact. The two passengers escaped uninjured. An inquest will be held tomorrow morning.—(P.A.)
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19360801.2.41
Bibliographic details
Wairarapa Age, 1 August 1936, Page 5
Word Count
147MOTORIST KILLED. Wairarapa Age, 1 August 1936, Page 5
Using This Item
National Media Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of National Media Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.