CROSSING FATALITY
Ma'n Kiiled At Waikanae ; Daughter Injared An eldeiiy man ; was killbd instantly and his daughter seriously injufe'd when a car eollided with the north-bound Field's express this morfiing at the railway crossing just south of the "Waikanae River bridge. They were: Kiiled Frank Foley, coritraetbr,4 6f Carroll Street, Wairoa. Injured Mollie Foley, his daughter; severe shoekj- wound under chin, abrasions to left ankle and possible internaMfijdfies. The accident occurred at 10.30 a.m. and the train, which was running late', Was delayed a further "half hour. The 'ehif struck the engine near the driver's cab. It was thrown a considerable distance, destroying a fences the warning lights and the cattle stop in its eourse. The vehicle was a cbmpiete wreck. Miss Foley was eonveyed to the Wellington Hospital by the Wellington Free Ambulance, which received the call at 10.45 a.m., and arrived at the scepe of the accident at 11.30 a.m.
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 April 1947, Page 4
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152CROSSING FATALITY Chronicle (Levin), 16 April 1947, Page 4
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