A LUCKY ESCAPE

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 34, 3 May 1927, Page 12

A LUCKY ESCAPE

MOTOR-CAR CAPSIZES NINE PEOPLE THROWN OUT (From Our Own Correspondent.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday. Nine people had a lucky escape from injury when they were thrown from a motor-car which capsized on the Junction Road, about a mile north of Egmont Village. Five adults and four children were in it. One of the latter, a baby, was subsequently found uninjured in a high boxthorn hedge bordering the road. The car, an open touring model with the hood up, was driven by Mr. Robert L. Lovell, of New Plymouth, who was his way to town. He had to draw off the road to pass a service car goingout from New Plymouth and in regaining the asphalt after having travelled in the soft mud at the roadside, Mr. Lovell’s car capsized, turning over several times. All the occupants except Mr. Lovell were apparently thrown clear the moment the car capsized. The driver, however, was pulled out from beneath the upturned vehicle. Several of the occupants were cut about the hands and face. Mrs. E. Howell was subsequently admitted to the hospital suffering from a broken collarbone. The body of the car suffered little damage.