LEVEL CROSSING ACCIDENT
TWO CAR PASSENGERS INJURED.
(By Telegraph. Press Association.) OH : RISTICiHUROH, Monday.
A serious accident occurred at 5.15 n.m. on Saturday, when a motor car driven by Mr Stanley Walker, of ’Christchurch, collided with the Christ-church-Southbridge train at Brebl)leton crossing. There were four adult passengers, two children, and. two infants in the car at the time. •Mrs Lucy Gamble was the only passenger to receive serious injury, and was taken to the Christchurch Hospital suffering from concussion of the brain. The driver of the car had his left leg hurt and his body severely bruised. Mr Walker did not hear the warning whistle of the train, and, thinking that the line was clear, he prepared to cross it. However, when a few feet from the line, he saw the train and immediately applied, the brakes. The car swerved, but the driver could not clear the train and the car dashed into the rear of the engine, being smashed to pieces. The injured were conveyed to Lincoln in the guard’s van. Mrs Gamble’s condition is now improving. The others have returned to 'their homes.
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Waipa Post, Volume 31, Issue 1765, 1 June 1926, Page 4
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185LEVEL CROSSING ACCIDENT Waipa Post, Volume 31, Issue 1765, 1 June 1926, Page 4
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