The Archive · 1937

CAR, TRAM, RICKSHAW IN ACCIDENT

Coolic's Dash Results in Triple Collision Rush hour trafic in one of the bbuslest parts of Nanking Road was held up for several minutes at midday on March 22 when a rickshaw coolie who attempted to dash across from Shantung Road was badly injured by a tram ear and a private vehicle, The coolie bolted out from Shantung Road, but could not cut across the line of traflle before being caught between the car, travelling West, and the tram, travelling. East In the direction of The Bund. The latter attempted to pull up with a loud screeching, while the car skid~ ded violently in attempting to avoid the coolie. As soon as it was known that an accident had taken place, swarms of Chinese clustered at the corner of Nanking and Shantung. Roads, and a crowd of pedestrians also gathered around the injured man, Policemen on duty near the scene of the accident propped up the rickshaw coolie with the cushion from his rickshaw, while his head streamed. with blood which gathered In pools fu the read, Trams coming in both directions wore blocked as the Injured man could not be moved from, where he was lying, right in the space between the two tracks, An ambulance Jater took him away to the Lester Chines Hospital, Tt is understood that the passenger in the rickshaw at the time was uninjured, 'A member of the British Forces was injured slightly shortly after 2 pin. on March 22 when he was knocked down by a riekehaw Nanking Road at "Yunnan Road, "A Fire Brigade ambulance took him fo the Military Hospital in' Central Road, He was treated here for slight facial injuries,

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