MOTOR TRAGEDY

Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1930, Page 5

MOTOR TRAGEDY

DEATH FROM INJURIES. (By. Telegraph—Per.Press Association* . HAMILTON. Dec. 1. Henry Warren, aged 46 years, who was admitted to the Waikato Hospital last evening as a result of a motor . accident at, Kihikihi, succumbed to his injuries early this morning. TWO MAORIS KILLED. - - ■ VTE AWAMUTU, Deo. 1. A motor fatality on Saturday evening resulted in the instantaneous death of the’driver, and -subsequent death of another in hospital, and severe injuries to two others. The car was travelling towards Arapuni and when about, a mile beyond Kihikihi, the driver swerved to pass’ a vehicle standing on. the roadside and apparently lost control -going very wide and then turning sharply back to the road-again and not recovering, the car ran up the side of a 'slight embankment and overturned, finally coming to a. standstill some distance along the road facing the opposite way to its original direction. The driver and six occupants, all Maoris, were thrown out. The driver. Tommy Williams, aged thirty, was killed instantly, i ■■

Kenny Williams,', aged six, received serious injuries; ,? "

Henry Warren, aged forty-six, died in the hospital this morning. Huia Edwards, thirty-eight, severe concussion. •; ‘

: ' The' other three were , injured, but after receiving medical attention were removed to their homes.

The car was considerably damaged

An inquest was opened yesterday. A Maori witness deposed he spent the afternoon with Tommy Williams. They had (been in hotels but ,he considered the driver sober. . ' ' “ One occupant of the car said they had drinks a,t Kihikihi Hotel, a few minutes befonie the accident. He heard one passenger in the back seat complain about the speed. , He was personally frightened at the speed jO the car. ■ • '