A TRIPLE COLLISION.
GAS3S AND A jMISX, (By Telegraph.— PrrSes Associationj BIiMHEOi, Saturday; - 'the danger of the practice of several motor cars driving closely one behind the other wai illustrated when a string of cars in which the Marlboseugh Rugby team was being conveyed to Kaikoura struck trouble just before reaching Seddon, .and as the result of an accident one car had to be left at Seddon mi a disabled condition. < Three cars containing the footballers travelled down the incline .to the Awatere bridge. Jufet ac they turned en to the bridge they were suddenly confronted by a mot&r I6rfy leaded with timber. *The driver had stopped in order to adjust his, load. It was impossible for the cars to pull up at short notice. The first crashed into the lorry and the cars behind bumped each other .as they came oil-to the bridge; thref-being involved in the collision. K&bddjr w«s Seriously; hurt; %ut the damage to the first dir *as eitenuve.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 219, 15 September 1924, Page 15
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162A TRIPLE COLLISION. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 219, 15 September 1924, Page 15
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