MOTOR FATALITY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 138, 13 June 1931, Page 7

MOTOR FATALITY

PEDESTRIAN KILLED ACCIDENT IN WELLINGTON UNKNOWN MAN’S DEATH ( Per Press AjsoclatlOD. ] WELLINGTON, June 12. A man struck by a motor-car in Jervois Quay early this evening was so badly injured that ho died in tho ambulance on tho way to the hospital. He had not been identified this evening, although the initials “IL H. B.” were marked on the inside of his hat, and his gold wristlot watch bore the inscription, “To T. Barber, from Tycho friends, 6—8—15.” Tho accident occurred at about 6.40 p.m. toward the side of Jervois Quay remote from and almost opposite Harris Street. Francis Gregory Galvin, aged 65, of Coromandel Street, manager of Rubber Distributions Ltd., was the driver of the car. He was going south along the Quay, and as far as could be gath ored from him, tho man he struck cainc from the left-hand side of the road near the waterfront. According to Galvin, when the man moved to cross the road, tho car boro over to the left in order to pass behind and avoid him on the road. However, with the car approach ing. he must have changed his mind •ind turned back. With a broken windshield, twisted headlamp, and dented mudguard, tho car went on a short dii’nnco before pulling up. The force of the collision had knocked off tho .spare wheel. Galvin ran back to the man, and then to tho free ambulance depot nearby to got assistance. Tho man was taken to hospital in the ambulance van, but on arrival there was found to be dead. 'fhe night was dark and the road wot, with a light drizzle. The place where tho accident happened is a dangerous one, because the Quay is extremely wide and tho. side nearer tho waterfront is ill lit. No footpath runs along that side.