MOTOR SMASH
PAR GOES GyKR L 50 :vi FOt)T BANK
BOY.. IN, CRITICAL CONDITION
NAP lER . May 14.
V . T Airs Mary Porter and James Porter, Pwkekohe, a net Airs Afartha. Cooper, of >A 7» Gr ll mm,ej., Jspad, Ly nn, A uckland,, had a mirac, pious escape from death when,th,eir moter-car, travelling .towards. Taiipo,': -went'..over .150 ft,. hank, nine miles qn. thp. Tanpo side of. Tarawera. , 4’hd:iliTsF^^ .assistance aCJX'arawera and were taken to-day iß...N,b|her Hospita|.. Mrs Por£| or and Mrs Cooper arc nipt seriously huyt, •inerelT-fi ; flnv..abi'aiso.hl. '.andChock'; but James Porter, aged 17, lies in V-britieal' condition, suffering from gash’es in both legs, a cut over the right'.eyd.and injuries to the head.
There ik'thought to lie basal fracture of the skull. It is reported that while negotiating a sharp bend the car swung .tr,pi far out towards the bank, with the result that the driver was uilabte to prevent it from going over. Tim injured people were given assistance a. short while after, but it took four hours to bring them back on to the road and then to the Tarawera Hotel 1 . The car was considerably damaged. •
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1933, Page 6
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189MOTOR SMASH Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1933, Page 6
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