Dangerous Surf-Boards
(N.Z. Press Association) TAURANGA, December 25.
Uncontrolled surf boards were potential killers, Dr. D. P. Short, medical superintendent of Tauranga Hospital, said today.
A 19-year-old surf-board rider, Phillip Smith, of Hilton road, Rotorua, was admitted to hospital yesterday with a crushed cheek bone re-
ceived when he was struck by another board at Mount Maunganui, and a 12-year-old girl was treated for a bruised eye after she was hit by a board. Yesterday’s two casualties brought the total to four in a fortnight. Injuries in three cases were fairly serious, said Dr. Short. The most worrying element was that ail those injured received head injuries, one being struck close to the temple. When beaches were
crowded during the holiday period there was a grave risk of a serious accident, possibly even a fatal one. “A loose board could hit a youngster with sufficient force to kill,” he said.
The risk was much greater when the surf was heavy. There was the added danger that a surf-board could knock a person unconscious with the risk of a drowning. Last summer about 30 persons were treated at Tauranga Hospital for injuries caused by surf-boards.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30633, 26 December 1964, Page 3
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