Desert Road fatalities
Two people were killed in an accident which involved a local logging truck on the Desert Road last Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred about 35 kms south of Turangi midway between the Oturere Stream and the Waihohonu substation. According to Constable Bob Evans of the Turangi Police, a Hillman Hunter car travelling north drifted wide on a bend and smashed into a south-bound McCarthy's logging truck and trailer, which tipped over. The elderly Wellington couple in the car were killed instantly, but the driver of the truck and of a following Toyota Corolla which rebounded off the truck, were shocked but otherwise uninjured. An army recovery vehicle came up from Waiouru and cleared the truck and logs from the road. The logging truck, which belonged to the Raetihi firm of McCarthy's Transport, had been on the road only two weeks.
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Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 3, Issue 27, 26 November 1985, Page 1
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143Desert Road fatalities Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 3, Issue 27, 26 November 1985, Page 1
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