MOTOR FATALITY

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1925, Page 4

MOTOR FATALITY

TWO MEN KILLED. J' TWO OTHERS INJURED. C'IIIUSTCTiURCTI, March 26. " Two men are dead and Lwo others . In are nursing etiis and bruises as a resuit of the overturning of a Chevrolet car at the intersection of L:\ugduii and , J North Roads shortly before noon yes- ' terdav. THE DEAD. William Yoimgman, aged about fifty, married, with six children, ' and resident of Inclihonuie, West Coast. j' llarrv Voungmaii, brother oi above, aged about forty-eight, married, witli eleven children, and resident of Inclihonuie, WesL (oast; compound fracture of skull. THE INJURED. j Ted Voungmaii, his cousin, aged about forty years, married, and J resident of (txlord, cuts to both hands, and bruises. Henry Voungmaii, brother to above, aged about forty years, cuts about lace, and bruises. William and llarrv were both ad- 1 milled to tli- Christchurch Hospital unconscious, William succumbing to his injuries at 2.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon and Harry at 10 o clock last night. They were sitting on the left side of the cir, ami were thrown to the roadway with considerable for; e. i The car, a live-sorter. was proceeding along North Road towards town when, lust hetoro the intersection of l.aiigdon’s Road was reached, it com- j moored to pursue an erratic course. Then there was a loud report as the left rear wheel lyre hurst, causing Die car to swing around into the opposite | direction to which • it was travelling,' ami overturn. All lour occupants were thrown out, hut the two lue.n who , were sitting on the leit side of the car were the more gravely injured, j The driver. Harry VoUiigmaii. was the 1 least injured ol the party, and Ins , escape from seriou-. injury was remark- j

Ihitii William, .and Harry Yoiingiuan were picked up unconscious, and assistance was immediately lorthcoiiiing for the injured men. They were later .vent by ambulance to the (Tirislciiurcli Hospital. THE CAR OVERTURNS. At the lime ol the mishap, William y„ (tM , i.iMii uas : rated beside ! ll" driver in tlm Iron! seal ol the rai, while in the rear were llarrv and Ted. Thera is some doubt as to the exact cause of the accident, hut neighhours who were near the scene when (lie car overturned, stale that they heal'd a loud report, followed by a crash. From this it would appear that the bursting of the tyre was responsible for the mishap. On examination by the police yesterday alteriiooii, one of the spokes ol the collapsed wheel which had home the burst tyre was found to have been defective, and this might have had a hearing on tho accident. CAR BADLY DAMAGED.

Mr Henry Yoimgman staled yesterday afternoon tha! I lie car was travelling at between twenty and twentyfive miles an hour when it overturned. He began to lose control of the machine just before reaching the inter, section, and the next thing he kino, was that it had- overturned. The car was badly damaged; the body was hatlerc".!, two wheel:: were smashed, and liie radiator anil bonnet were dented. Air Henry Ynungman is employed by the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association at Oxford. William and Harry, his counsius, were paying lum a visit from Inciibomiie, and the party had left for Christchurch early yesterday morning. The late Mr William Youm'ii'.an was manager ol a timber mill at !nohbannie, and his brother was manager of a farm in the same district.

The police took possession ol a spoke from the collapsed wheel.