FIVE INJURED.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 138, 24 March 1930, Page 5

FIVE INJURED.

CAR STRIKES TERRITORIALS. A MIDNIGHT ACCIDENT. (Per Press Association.) WAIPUKURAU, This Day. A serious collision between a motor-car and six Territorials occurred on Racecourse Road at 12.4.5 o'clock vesterdav morning. The men, who were undergoing their annual training in the camp at Waipukurau racecourse, were returning from' the artillery dance at the Municipal Theatre. They were walking abreast along the road. A car passed them, travelling, it is alleged, at a furious rate, enveloping the party in thick dust. The soldiers moved aside and allowed the car to pass safely. Then they again took the road. Travelling immediately after was another car, driven by Dr. J. T. Fahey, of Takapau, whose vision was temporarily blinded by the dust. He drove into the soldiers, striking five, who were conveyed to the Public Hospital in the ambulance. The injured are: Gunner Eric Hollings (19th Battery), of 97 Apu Crescent, Lyall Bay; serious injuries to his head. Gunner C. Tan Villars (17th Battery), 0f.92 Richmond Street,.Petone; internal injuries, condition serious. Gunner Edward Kerridge (17th Batterv), of -IIG Jackson Street, Petone; severe injuries to the face, and shock; not critical. Gunner Reginald Alfred Andrews (Bth Battery), of Alfred Street, Palmerston North; shoulder injured ; not serious. Lance-Bombardier Arthur N. Toswell Bell, View Road, Lower Hutt; injuries to foot; not serious.