CAR SMASH

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1933, Page 6

CAR SMASH

SPECTACULAR HAPPENINGS. (Per Press Association — Copyright.) CHRISTCHURCH, September 27. A spectacular motor smash occurred on the main south road at Sockbuni early this morning when a live sealer car coming to the city failed to take a corner and. violently crashed into a

power pole. The loree of the impact carried away the front of the. car, smashed the chassis and left one headlamp embedded in 1 1i(j woodwork under the screen. The car finally rested with its rear wheels on tpp of a hedge and the front- wheels so high up against the pole, that it was possible to walk underneath. The electric lines, were broken 1

The occupants were T. Hamilton of Riecarton. head injuries, fractured leg, who was hospitalled. S. Borton, of Op aw a (the driver) and Clarence Burt of (Addington, were, treated ns outpatients and discharged.

CAR RUNS INTO HOUSE. AUCKLAND, September 26. A sensational motor smash occurred in. Mount Enden Road early this morning. A two-seater car, driven by a man in evening dress overturned, and ran backwards. It.' crashed into one side of a 'house, smashing the windows of one room. The driver was slightly injured. Later bo disappeared. He is being sought by the police. It is believed that the same ear wa s involved in another accident a few minutes earlier, when a man was knocked down and injured. The driver, although warned to stop, drove on. A constable, who heard the crash of the ear. rushed along the road to a taxi, but. valuable time was lost, because the taxi-driver, was sound asleep. The constable found Robert Done, aged 30 years, lying oi> the roadway, having been knocked down from a cycle. His injuries were not serious.