FLUNG TO ROAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 143, 18 June 1940, Page 10

FLUNG TO ROAD.

ELEVEN MEN INJURED MANUREWA COLLISION. ARMY TRUCK SMASHED. Eleven of a party of 21 Territorials, flung to the ground when a big army lorry collided with a sheep truck at. Manurewa about 7 p.m. last night, were taken to the Auckland Hospital. Eight were admitted, the other three being discharged after treatment. None of the men i& in a serioua condition. Those admitted to hospital were:— Bernard Balle, aged 19, laboure •, of Pukekohe Hill; concussion.William John Blakemoore, aged 19, farm hand, Pukekohe; concussion and abrasions. Desmond Gallagher,' aged IS, farm hand, of Patumahoe; concussion. Joseph Henry McGuire, aged IS, garage attendant, of Hank Street, Pukekohe; concussion. Bernard Meyer, aged 32, married, chemist, of Pukekohe; concussion. Ronald Pye, aged 19, labourer, of Princes Street, Pukekohe; concussion. James Neil Robertson, aged IS, labourer, of Dublin Street, Pukekohe; concussion. Charles Kodgers, aged 18, shop assistant, of Buckland; slight concussion and br'ises. Tihose examined and later discharged after treatment in the casualty department were:— Geoffrey Hart, aged 21, single, of Helvetia, Pukekohe. Alick Johnstone, aged 19, of Edinburgh Street, Pukekohe. McGregor Noel Hirst, aged 19, of Pokeno. The 21 men were serving Territorials or recruits for the Ist Battalion. Auckland Regiment (C.8.0.1. and were being taken from the Pukekohe district for medical examination. They were travelling in a heavy army truck with a canvas canopy over iron and wood laths. At the intersection of the Great South Road, Oram's Road and Brown's Road the bodywork of the transport collided violently with an empty double-decker sheep lorry driven by Mr. D. G. Landon, of Bombay. The canopy of the army truck was torn from the chassis and about a dozen of the men hurled to the roadway, being scattered over a distance of about 50ft. Dr. C. Campbell Jenkins and Constable E. Christmas, of Manurewa, arrived almost immediately and gave attention to the injured until a St. John ambulance arrived. The 10 not injured were taken to the Papakura Camp to recover, and after hot drinks and food were sent home.