MOTOR FATALITIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 September 1940, Page 7

MOTOR FATALITIES

YOUNG WOMAN KILLED THREE OTHERS IN HOSPITAL. CAR OVERTURNS NEAR BOMBAY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, September 29. When a motor-car travelling south overturned on Great South Road near Bombay on Saturday afternoon, a girl was killed instantly and three other passengers were injured, being later admitted to the Auckland Hospital. The victims were: — Killed. Miss Valmai June Sharplin, waitress, aged 19, Newton. Injured. Private Herbert Kitchener McCauley, married, aged 24, of the Hopuhopu military camp, formerly of Lumsden, Southland, severe concussion and head injuries. Private John Niven Murch, single, aged 24, also of the Hopuhopu camp, formerly of Invercargill, severe shock. Miss Edith Beasley, waitress, aged about 19, Newton, shock and head injuries. When the car overturned Miss Sharplin, who was driving, was caught beneath it when the door on her side opened, being killed instantly. The other passengers were severely shaken as, the car turned over, and Private McCauley was knocked unconscious. Private McCauley was still unconscious when admitted to hospital and his condition is still fairly serious. The condition of Miss Beasley and Private Murch is not serious. CAR PLUNGES OVER BANK. ELDERLY WOMAN LOSES LIFE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) HASTINGS, September 29. An elderly woman passenger was killed and the driver injured when a car left the road near the Mohaka bridge on the Napier-Taupo highway, on Saturday and plunged 30 feet down a bank. They were: — Killed. Winifred Dorothy Sargeant, Napier, aged 60. Injured.' William Moore Barton, Devonport, aged 50.