COLLISION IN CITY

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12607, 18 November 1926, Page 6

COLLISION IN CITY

MOTOR-CYCLE HITS TRAM TWO MEN SUFFER BROKEN LEGS. As the result of a collision between a motor-cycle and a tramcar at the corner of Customhouse quay and Wnr-ing-Taylor street at midday yesterday Henry Martin, of 207, Main street, Lower Hutt, and Charles Henry White, of 4, Martin street, were both admitted to the hospital suffering from broken legs. It appears that Martin and White were proceeding southwards on the mo-tor-cycle in the rear of a tram going in the same direction, and were on the point of turning into Waring-Tay-tor street, when suddenly a northbound No. 9 car appeared on the opposite side of the car they were following. The driver of the No. 9 car promptly applied his brakeß, but there was no chanco of averting a collision. The motor-cycle struck the tram with groat force, and the man steering the machine was thrown against the front portion of the tram, smashing the glass to atoms, while his companion was thrown on to the road. The cycle was badly damaged. The driver of Hie tram escaped injury.