MOTOR TRAGEDY

Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1931, Page 5

MOTOR TRAGEDY

A DANGEROUS SPOT. (By Telegraph —Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 12. A man who was struck by a u.i lot car in .Jervois Quay early last evening was so badly injured that he died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Me had not been identiiied last evening, .although the initials It M--0." were marked on the inside of his hat. and his gold wristlet watch bore the inscription. ‘‘To 1. Barber, from Tycho friends; 6/S/16. The accident occurred about 6.10 pan. towards the side ot Jervois Qua,' remote from, and almost opposite Hatris Street. I‘rancis Gregory GaK in. aged 66. of Coromandel Street. Manager of, Rubber Distributors Ltd., "'as the driver of the car. He was going south along the Quay, and as lar as could he gathered from him. tne tnau lie struck came from the left hand side of the road near the waterfront. According to Calvin, when the man moved across the road, the car bore over to the left in order to pass behind and .avoid him. On the road, however, and with the car approaching, he must have changed his mind, and turned hack. With a broken wind shield, twisted left headlamp, and a dented mudguard, the car went on a short distance before pulling tin. The force of the collision lmd knocked of! the spare wheel.

Mr Galvin ran hack to the man. and then ran to the I'Ye.o Ambulance Depot nearby, to get, assistance. The man was taken to the hospital in the ambulance van. but on arrival there he was found to he dead. The night was dark, and tlie road was wet. with a light drizzle. The place where the accident happened is a dangerous one. because the Quay is extremely wide, and rite side nearer to the waterfront is ill lit. No footpath rims along the si tie.