CAR CAPSIZES NEAR TIMARU

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23971, 11 June 1943, Page 6

CAR CAPSIZES NEAR TIMARU

TWO WOMEN INJURED Two women received injuries which necessitated their removal to the Timaru Public Hospital when the car in which they were travelling from Oamaru to Timaru capsized at Saltwater Creek, near Timaru. yesterday afternoon. They were Mrs Margaret Henderson, aged 60 years, of Lune street, Oamaru, who received injuries to her head and back, and Mrs Freda Henderson, of Arun street. Oamaru who suffered head injuries. The women w l re S?is;? n * ors in a car driven by John William Metcalfe. n bootmaker. of Jackson street, Timaru _The accident occurred at the loot Of a hill south of Saltwater Creek, and at the time visibility was bad because or a heavy fog. ; The driver of the c:u- received sliu'h' injuries and his two children, who were also passengers, escaped injur.The ear was badly damaged and hno to be righted before Mrs Margaret Henderson could be extricated. The inmltl„ WOme !? wcrc re P°rtcd to be making satisfactory progress last even-