A serious motor car accident took place on the Commissioner Road [in Rangoon] at 7 o’clock last night. Mr. F.W. Watton, Assistant, Arracan Company, being the victim. Mr. Watton who was riding a motor cycle was returning from the west after parade. Two taxis, Nos. 1844 and 1877, containing students from Baptist college were returned from the eastern direction (Burma Athletic Association grounds). As the taxi 1877 reached the point opposite the eastern entrance to hospital compound, 1844 which was behind 1877 took a swerve from one side of the road to the other. The driver of 1844 apparently jammed his brake to avoid collision with 1877 and the car turned right round to the front striking a rickshaw, sending it and the puller. The flying car then hit up against a tree and Mr. Watton coming from west appears to have gone straight into the taxi on the roadside and clean over it on his face. He was removed to the hospital in a precarious state. The rickshaw puller sustained slight injuries. The taxi, motor cycle, and rickshaw were all badly damaged. Mahomed Salay, driver of 1844, is in custody awaiting result of Mr. Watton’s injuries.
