MOTOR TRAGEDIES

Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1931, Page 6

MOTOR TRAGEDIES

SUDDEN ILLNESS,

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association j MASTERTON, August 23. As the’ result of a Collision between two cars on the Masterton-Carterton road, at Waingawa, about 5.40. on Saturday afternoon, one person was killed and five were injured, three being taken to the- hospital. One car was driven by William Grose, dental mechanic, of Masterton, in which there were ‘ four passengers. The other car was being driven by Robert Coulston, head butcher at the 'Waingawa Abattoirs.- He was the sole occupant. The casualties are : Killed.—Mrs Grose. Injured, in hospital.—William Grose ; Mrs Greathead (Mrs Grose’s mother); and Thomas Grose, aged ten. All three are suffering from head injuries. Injured, taken home.—Leonard Unsworth, chemist’s assistant ; and Robert Coulston. Both cars were almost wrecked. ONE CAR UPSETS ANOTHER, WELLINGTON, August 23. Mr and Mrs, Ahbott, of No. 5, •Beach Street, Petone, and their children, were driving home from tlfe city when their car was struck in the rear by another car. Abbott’s car was turned over by the collision/and badly damaged. The occupants were all more or less injured. Mrs Abbott had to be taken >to the hospital with injuries to her leg. The car which ran into Abbott’s car had its bumper bar torn off, but the driver did not stop, he pulling out instead and continuing on his way. The police are making enquiries.

MOTOR LORRY TRAGEDY. CHRISTCHURCH, August 22. Alan Jenkins, a fifteen-year-old boy residing at Port Levy, died in the Christchurch Hospital this morning as the result of an accident at the corner of Barrington and Miilton Streets last evening, when the lorry in which hg was riding turned upside down. The boy’s father, F. Jenkins, who was driving the lorry, received injuries which required his treatment as an outpatient. He suffered badly from shock. Both were trapped among the deßris of the truck. The boy had his left leg badly fractured and received grave internal injuries. The lorry swerved to avoid a motor cyclist and crashed into a telegraph pole in Milton Street. The truck travelled t <xl far towards the path toi its passage to be corrected and it hit a telegraph pole on the corner with violent force, snapping the pole off af the base. The pole fell into an empty section. The truck, which was lying across the footpath for some time after the accident, with its four wheels in . the air, was surrounded by a crowd oi onlookers for a considerable time. The telephones of the district were cut off through the pole.being broken.