Bus And Truck Collide On Bridge
Three windows were smashed and the driver slightly injured when the Te Teko workers’ bus came in to contact with a Railway Road Services truck on the main WbakataneRotorua highwa}' at about 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday. Driven by Mr T. Edwards, Te Teko, the bus travelling towards Awakeri had just come off the bridge crossing a small drain between the Whakatane West turn off and where the board mills railway line crosses the main road, when it was hit by the canopy of the struck, which was just entering the bridge towards Whakatane. The damage to the truck was very slight but the rear view mirror of the bus was pushed through a side window, round through the right windscreen, cutting Mr Edwards’s face as it did so His injurv was not serious.
Both vehicles were able to proceed.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19490826.2.32
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 30, 26 August 1949, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
145Bus And Truck Collide On Bridge Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 30, 26 August 1949, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in