Man, Wife Die In Tanker Collision

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30687, 1 March 1965, Page 1

Man, Wife Die In Tanker Collision

Three, including a man and his wife, were killed in road accidents at the week-end and a bulldozer driver died when his machine rolled on him.

A man and his wife were killed near Waihi yesterday when their car was involved in a collision with a milk tanker, according to the Press Association.

They were Leslie William Rutherford

Bridge, aged about 48, of

Te Karaka, Gisborne, and Mrs Agnes Grace Bridge, aged

Their 18-year-old son, Stuart Bridge, and another passenger in the car, Mrs T. Newman, of Waipaoa, near Gisborne, were both seriously injured and admitted to Waihi Hospital. The tanker driver, Raymond Cyril Furniss, aged 23, of 60 Whittaker street, Te Aroha, was treated for injuries at the scene of the accident, but was not admitted to hospital. The accident occurred at 12.10 p.m. on the intersection of Old Tauranga and Woodlands roads, near the entrance to the Waihi golf course. Elderly Man Dies An elderly man who was knocked down and injured by

I a car in Newton on Saturday, afternoon died soon afterwards in hospital. He was Peter Russell, aged 84. retired, of 58 McKelvie street, Newton. Bulldozer Rolls A bulldozer driver was killed instantly when his bulldozer overturned and rolled over him at about 9.30 yes terday morning. He was

Noel Albert Harien. aged 32. of Tirohia, married, with three children.

He was crushing scrub on a slope on the property of Mr J. Mclntyre, about four miles from Paeroa, when the accident occurred.