EARLY MORNI[?] FATALITY

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5329, 15 February 1947, Page 4

EARLY MORNI[?] FATALITY

CA^SJ NAME OF MAN KIH • NOT YETjCNOwJ A young man Was . instantly and tWo passengers had a m\r^ escape from death wW overturned at the juncu Lake Road and the Hamilton highway gi before 2 o'clock this W0! Up to the time 0f J ' press the body 0f ti,( man had not been ideni The other passengers }n knew him only as "CurW" he lived liearFairy .Spring ■ Injured: — ^ . ' Victor James Caudwell, f. Street, the driver of j Injuries to finger and sfcoj Mrs.. Rita Laughton, "Wyli slight cut on the foot Mr. Caudwell, who \va3 1 from a dance, was taking; home. As the car, which wa, tourer, turned into the niain from Lake Road, it- skiddef wet surface, , slewed out of and overturned, coming - athwart the road upside dosj A nearby resident, who q crash, immediately notifiej John Ambulanhe and police, they arrived they sacceeded^ the vehicle and freeing Cauh Mrs. Laughton, who seeir^ little the worse for theh m The other passenger, howen was jammed under the reard was ominously quiet, and s whe,n extricated. The dead man carried noc identification, bar an K.m numbered N.Z.N. 9650. Caudwell and Mrs. Laugb admitted to the public hosph their eondition at 3 a.m. wap satisfactory.