SENSATIONAL CAPSIZE.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 232, 1 October 1929, Page 8

SENSATIONAL CAPSIZE.

CAR LOOPS THE LOOP.

ACCIDENT NEAR WHANGAREI

■ ONE MAN IN HOSPITAL. v ■ (By Telegraph.—Owu Correspondent.), ■ : ; \ WHANGAREI, this day. ■ y £ Three- Whangarei taxi drivers passed '" '$ through \a ( sensational experience last: 'J//\ evening, .when a car practically "loopVtt"' \ }~ the loop/ , .and came to rest on four wheels after rolling on the road. 'They ' \yerc ''< K returning to Whangarci about ■ half-past ;/. ten in a seveii-seater owned by.Ulr" ■■'''} : Harold Edmonds, and driven for liimlby] ■ : *' Mr. Le Livrc. V'--;.'•:'.*; The Misadventure occurred in;almost 4i l tho identical spot where six weeks a<*6' f, a lony tipped up with, a load of swine. Tho only explanation of the accident • ■■■''■. seems to be that Sir. JLc Livre suddenly ■ caught sight of traffic rounding a bend ■■'•'. at the foot of Kamo Hill, and, to avoid. • a collision swung sharply across the roadj ■■• v.;■■>' with the result that his car skidded in ,"'£ looso metal, on the side, and the car ', completely overturned. -C Aii amazing feature of the mishap is that the. heavy car, after its somersault-* ;) ing, toppled back .on its wheels again. ■ "..", The driver ajtid Mr. N. : Bateman, one oi • ■ the passenger's, are congratulating them- £•$ selves on a providential escape from : . ';■',?, injury, but the third passenger, Mr. ~T' George Hansard, was not. so fortunate; ? Ho -Avas taken to the hospital Avith three 'f : ■' ribs and his collarbone broken.: .-■;<■.. Evidently the ear fell on the driving side, which was badly knocked abouf. ' The steerling wheel was smashed, the hood torn right off, and the bonnet turned back, the right mudguard damaged beyond repair, the top of the radiator was stovo in, a lamp was smashed, and the rear body collapsed about an inch. The cost of repair is estimated at over £40.;