FATAL INJURIES

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 441, 24 May 1937, Page 5

FATAL INJURIES

Car Leaves Road Press Association—Copyright. Auckland, May 24., Suffering severe internal injuries when the car in which he was travelling from Auckland Lo Thames skidded in loose metal and left the road near the Mangatawhiri hall. Arthur Clarence Jamieson, aged 23, single, of Auckland, died five minutes after his admission to the Auckland hospital. In company with two other man, Mr Jamieson was travelling from Auckland ‘to Thames in a small touring model rental car. The car had turned a sharp bend near '-the Mangataw hiri hall and had gone about four chains down a hill when it skidded and' k-ft the road, rolling down a slope on the left-hand side. Mr Jamieson was thrown out and the car rolled on his chest. The driver and another passenger escaped with minor abrasions. x » Mr Jamieson was attended by . a doctor who was passing on his way to Thames and an ambulance was Summoned to take him to Auckland. The car was righted by passing motorists and it was found tha’t it had suffered only slight damage, one wing being crumpled.