FEWER FATALITIES
AUGUST ROAD TOLL LOSS OF 12 LIVES HIT-AND-RUN CASES (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Monday “ Twelve persons were killed in road accidents last month,” said the ! Minister of Transport, the Hon. R. ! Semple, today. “ This compares fav- ! ourably with the 17 deaths recorded j during each of the corresponding periods in 1939 and 1938. While this , reduction in casualties is encouraging j the unnecessary loss of 12 precious . lives is still tragic. “ A particularly deplorable feature of last month’s accidents was the occurrence of at least four hit-and-run I cases. In one of these a person was killed and in the other three the victims received serious injuries. It has shocked me to learn there are still drivers in New Zealand so inhumane, so unbelievably selfish, as to knock a person down, then leave him lying gravely injured on the roadway. “ Fortunately the vast majority of motorists recoil in horror from the thought of such action,” Mr Semple concluded. “ I hope next month our record will be free from such despicable crimes.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21214, 10 September 1940, Page 8
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