FATAL GAR CRASH.
WOMAN KILLED AND THREE INJURED. AUCKLAND, Last night. One woman was killed and three women were injured when a motor car in which they were travelling struck a telegraph pole in the Great South road on Saturday afternoon. The victims were: — * KILLED. Mrs Elizabeth Muir, aged 68, Papatoetoe. INJURED. Mrs Barbara Kirkbride, aged 52, Mangere, fractured ankle and shock. Condition not serious. Miss Mabel Evelyn AVills, aged 56, Papatoetoe, concussion. Condition not serious. Miss Ada K. AA r atson, Papatoetoe, abrasions. The women were occupants of a large car which was travelling from the city parallel with an outwardbound tram ear. The accident occurred when a taxi proceeding in the same direction was passing between the car and the tram. Swinging to the left, the car mounted the footpath and struck a telegraph pole with considerable force, the engine being pushed back and the windscreen shattered. Mrs Muir, who was driving, was ciushed against the wheel and her neck was broken. Mrs Kirkbride was sitting next to her in the front seat and Miss Wills and Miss Watson were occupying the back seat.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 140, 22 August 1938, Page 3
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