EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT
CURIOUS MOTOR COLLISION.
(By Telegraph—Prese Association.) ' AUCKLAND, Last Night.
An extraordinary motor accident occurred to-night as the result of which two people are in the hospital.
A taxicab was running downhill to the waterfront at a smart pace, and, when turning into the road on the waterfront, it swerved and struct two seats placed by the water broadside on.
Thero were two persons on one seat, Mr. and Mrs. Guest, and they were both thrown over the chains, which fence off the harbour, into the water.
A young man promptly jumped in and rescued Mrs. Guest, and her husband managed to get out himself. Mr. Guest sustained a broken ankle, and Mrs. Guest is suffering from shock. They were both sent to the hospital.
There was a woman on the second seat struck by the motor, but, although knocked over and injured, she was able to go home. The taxicab was somewhat damaged, and a passenger who occupied the back seat was thrown out. He was lucky enough to escape injury.
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Wairarapa Age, 24 March 1920, Page 5
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