Traffic Accidents Increase
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In W. Samoa
Prom Our Own Correspondent APIA, March 24.
MOTOR traffic is increasing rapidly in Western Samoa and in spite of the greatly inproved and extended road system, there are many motor accidents.
On February 18, a truck of the NZ Re paration Estates carrying labourers from Apia to Falefa struck the Fagal’i bridge railing and several of the passengers on the truck were injured.
On March 9, a six-year-old Samoan girl was accidentally killed at Tuanamato when struck by a taxi driven by a Samoan, Asalemo. She was bouncing a ball on the roadside and, running to the opposite side of the road, was struck by the approaching taxi and killed instantly.
On the following day, March 10, a Samoan youth, Tavita, was accidentally killed at Leulumeega on the cross-island road when he ran out in front of a banana truck.
On March 13 a Gold Star bus ran off the Main East Coast Road owing to de fective steering and dropped over the rocky incline to the sea. A number of the passengers suffered slight injuries.