Two Dead, Others Badly Hurt

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30711, 29 March 1965, Page 1

Two Dead, Others Badly Hurt

Although there were two road deaths and one drowning in New Zealand at the week-end, several persons were badly hurt and others had fortunate escapes from serious injury.

Cyclist Killed

A girl cyclist was killed in a collision with a car in Killarney road, Frankton, at 5 p.m. yesterday. She was Helen Elizabeth Morgan, aged nine, daughter of Mr and Mrs J. W. Morgan, 124 Killarney road, Frankton. Woman Drowned

A woman missing from her home at Tararu road, Thames, since about 10 a.m. on Saturday was found drowned in the Tararu creek early yesterday morning. She was Mrs Florence Maude Ellery, aged 76. Badly Hurt A middle-aged couple were badly injured when their car left the road and smashed into a tree in Cornwall Park at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Rex P. Parker, aged about 45, a manager, of Mangere, was admitted to Auckland Hospital with a compound fractured leg, broken ribs and chest injuries. He is dangerously Ul.

Mrs Hilda Parker was admitted to Middlemore Hospital, where her condition is fairly satisfactory. She has a broken leg and knee cap and severe cuts to the scalp. Car Over Cliff

A car containing four New Plymouth teen-agers balanced precariously on the edge of a 70-foot drop at New Plymouth on Saturday afternoon before plunging to the beach below with three of the occupants trapped inside. Only one of the occupants of the car required medical attention, and that for minor injuries.

The occupants of the car were, Miss Lyn Ann Gosse, aged 16, of 61 Paynters ave-

nue, Ernest James Kirkby, aged 19, of 317 Frankley road, Miss Katherine Maria Duffield, aged 17, of 15 Bideford street, who was driving the car. and Richard Thomas Raven, aged 18, 3 Gilbert street, all of New Plymouth. The car, a light English model, was owned by Mr H. Raven, father of Richard Raven.

The accident occurred in Woolcombe terrace at 2.30 p.m.

Mr Kirkby said Miss Duffield was being taught to drive.

The car struck a shingle patch, swerved and then crashed into a barrier on the cliff edge. “We stuck on top of the cliff edge, just long enough for Richard to jump out, then suddenly the car flipped over and we were all flung violently about inside as the car rolled over and over down the cliff,’’ he added.

The car landed on its wheels and Miss Duffield was flung out on to the beach. Miss Duffield was treated for abrasions on her heel, bruises and shock by a doctor.

The car was a total wreck. Man Missing

Police searches of the Manukau Harbour and surrounding beaches at the weekend failed to find a man who is thought to have fallen overboard from his boat. The missing man is Karmelo Jujnovich, aged 41, married, a plasterer, of 36 Oaksale road, Mt. Roskill. Mr Jujnovich’s boat was found anchored, with fishing lines set, off the Waikowhai beach on Saturday morning. He failed to return home after a fishing trip on Friday. Saved From Drop

Two occupants of a truck which crashed into the Makatote railway viaduct, on the National Park-Raetihi highway, yesterday, escaped serious injury.

dred feet when it left the road, rolled about 60 feet, and smashed into one of the viaduct’s supporting pylons about 1 a.m.

The passenger, Elwin Jones, of Main South road, Taihape, suffered concussion and lacerations of the face. After walking five miles to National Park he was taken to the Raetihi Hospital and later admitted to the Wanganiu Hospital, where his condition tonight was satisfactory.

The driver, lan Hayman, of 53 Goldfinch street, Taihape, was also satisfactory after admission to the Raetihi Hospital. He had a broken collarbone. Five Injured Five people were injured, none seriously, when two cars collided on the Great South road near Papakura about 7.15 on Friday night. All were admitted to Middlemore Hospital. As cars slowed to pass the scene, five other vehicles were involved in two other collisions.

The injured were: Mervyn Ross Anderson, whose condition is quite satisfactory: James Edward Keutenius, quite satisfactory; Miss Shirley King, fairly satisfactory; Miss Kay Tweedy, satisfactory, and Miss Dorothy Stevenson, satisfactory. Mother Of Four Mrs Sylvia Pont, the 44-year-old Richmond woman killed on Friday in the Rocks road, Nelson, accident, was the mother of four children, the youngest a daughter aged six.

Mrs Pont, who lived at 28 William street, Richmond, died after her car was in collision with a trailer being towed by a Baigents and Sons, Ltd., truck. The truck driver, Bernard Chapman, was uninjured. During World War II Mrs Pont served in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.

Their vehicle was saved from a drop of several hun-