IN TWO ACCIDENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1938, Page 8

IN TWO ACCIDENTS

CRASH ON MT. MESSENGER

INJURED MAN IN COLLISION

Two occupants of a car that left the Auckland-New Plymouth main road over Mount Messenger on Thursday afternoon had a remarkable escape from serious injury. Half a mile further on another car that was bringing one of the pair to New Plymouth was involved in a collision and had to be abandoned.

A sedan car driven by Mr. W. Roy, of Dunedin, who was accompanied by his wife, was descending Mount Messenger on the New Plymouth side when the driver failed to negotiate a corner. The car plunged down a sheer precipice for 100 feet, before striking the bush, through which it tore its way for another 50 feet, coming to rest 150 feet below the road level and facing uphill.

Mrs. Roy received cuts and abrasions on the knee. Mr. Riy escaped with severe shock.

To reach Mrs. Roy and ascertain if she could be moved, Dr. Taylor was lowered over the precipitous cliff by a rope with the aid of about a dozen motorists who had gathered. Mrs. Roy's condition was found to be not serious, and she was brought up to the road and taken to Waitara by Dr. Taylor.

A Public Works Department car, in which Mr. Roy was being driven, had covered only half a mile when it collided heavily with a car driven by Mr. Hendricksen, of Palmerston North. Both cars were badly damaged, but no one was injured.