LOCAL YOUTH’S NARROW ESCAPE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3984, 15 August 1929, Page 3

LOCAL YOUTH’S NARROW ESCAPE.

WHEN CAR LEAVES ROAD. A local youth, Jack Ctower, had a narrow escape from serious injury at an early 'hour yesterday morning, when the car he was driving failed to negotiate a bend in the road in front of Mr. New til’s property, at Moutoa, and after ploughing through about ten yards of mud and slush, crashed into a clay bank and finally ended up in a bog-'hole, chassis deep in water. The driver was thrown forward by the impact, the crown of his head striking and smashing the rear vision mirror and bis forehead leaving its impression in the shattered windscreen. Fortunately the wind shield was of the unbreakable type or Gower’s injuries must have proved of a serious nature. As it was he escaped with slight injury. His head and face were cut and bruised but he was able to walk to the hall after the mishap, when Mr. B. Crowe conveyed him back to Foxton where he received medical attention. ‘The car was badly damaged, but the fact that it ploughed through several yards of mud prior to strik - ing the bank saved it firom being completely wrecked. The front bumper was twisted around the wheels by the force of the impact, and the radiator, the case of which was filled with mud, was pushed back on to the fan. Both head lights were damaged and one front dumb iron and the front axle badly bent .while the steering gear was smashed bv the force of the impact. One of the rear tyres was found to be flat and this may have made . the ear difficult to handle when negotiating the bend. The scene of the accident was in front of the artesian bore, on Mr. Newth’s property. Mi’. Gower was unaccompanied at the time of the mishap. He had just taken Messrs M. E. Perreau and S. Mattar into Foxton and was returning to the dance when the accident occurred. The ear was brought into Foxton on a lorry yesterday,