CONSTABLE KILLED IN CAR SMASH
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By Telegraph-
v. .AUCKLAND, Apcil 27. r Qnc , poliec officcr Avus.kil.lcU und .an otlior sprioualy injurcd when ■ a policc ear struck jl telegraph pole on thc tli'eat . Nprtli- Road. ia. the . Auckland suburba sliortly. at'ter, six o'elock this morning They, were:— . . . "Killed. — Constable. And.rcw,; Jjutuv Cunmiings, aged 31;, married,, iqf 44. Tui Stroetj. Poijit Chevalier. He was ; a nephew of the Coiuinissioner of .Bqlico (Mr. D. J.. Cunuuings). , . , , _ ' . 1 Injui'Qd.— Constable -Thco./ Gi:ahaiu .White, aged. 43, Tiuir.ried, . 4 Cambia" Road, Devonport, liead injuriqSj Ju'okeh -leg, condition very sorious. . . Drizzle was falling when tho accideut: oceurred..; ^The.'car, wh.i,ch .was tniv'eb ling top'ard t.ho eity, mounted ihe foot-j ..path, oii a, bend and sM'upk. the pole. '1'Hq -ferrific, impact awakcned. a vvoniai; 'liouseliolder,- who heard crics ,ffoni, thd vehicle. • - - .. *' Tilic side of Ihe car was stovo in and •ihe woman 's son. obtained a crowbar to lever the wreckage' from thc injurcd men. Other residents assisted, but thc car was so extensively damagcd tlial it was three-quarters of an liour bcforc llic occupants were released. Constable Cumuiings was deud befoi'i' the ambulanee arrived. lle was thc eklcst son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ctilu inings. of Lawrence, Otago. Aftcr leaving seliool, he eugaged in fanuiug, joiu iug the I'olice koree in llt.'ld. For clcven years he hud been attached as a constable to the doteetivc braneli at Auckland, lle is sur.vived by a wife and four children. Constable White was engaged driving poliee cars.-
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 April 1946, Page 2
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