Seven Road Deaths Over Christmas

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31561, 26 December 1967, Page 1

Seven Road Deaths Over Christmas

Five persons had died by late last night from road accidents over the Christmas holiday period, the Press Association reported. Two children injured in accidents last week, one a Christchurch boy, also died during the holiday period.

The road toll for the same period of the Christmas holidays last year was three.

So far this year 556 persons have died as the result of road accidents.

Driving had generally been good, though a minority of irresponsible road users had caused concern to traffic officers with excessive speeds, failing to keep left and a

variety of other offences, the Assistant Commissioner of Transport (Mr B. C. Campbell) said last night.

Car Hits Bridge

A man who was seriously injured near Blenheim early on Sunday morning died in the Wairau Hospital early last night. He was

Murray Bruce McFedries, aged 22, a mechanic employed by the Utah Mining and Construction Company at Manapouri, who was visiting his parents at Blenheim.

The car which Mr McFedries was driving struck an abutment on the Grove Road bridge, on the outskirts of Blenheim, about 3.40 a.m. on Sunday. He was thrown clear but suffered severe head injuries. Collision Death

A Gisborne man died on the way to the Whangarei Hospital on Sunday night from injuries suffered in a head-on collision between two cars at Moerewa at 3.50 p.m. on Sunday. He was

William Felix Scott, aged 60, of Grey Street, Gisborne.

His six-year-old son, Ross, was admitted to the hospital with serious injuries. The three occupants of the

other car are in a satisfactory condition in the Kawakawa Hospital.

Boy Crushed

A six-year-old boy who was seriously injured when he was crushed by a truck going up the driveway of his home in Bryndwr early on Friday morning died in the Christchurch Hospital early in Saturday morning. He was

Peter Ambler, of 4 Wallace Street, Christchurch.

Infant Killed

A three-month-old boy was killed in a truck crash on a secondary road near Greytown about 9 a.m. on Saturday. He was Shaun Piii Hemi, son of Mr and Mrs J. Hemi. Mrs Hemi and an older son, 19-month-old Ralph, were injured when the truck she was driving went into a drain. They are in a satisfactory condition in Masterton Hospital. Police searched for an hour before Shaun’s body was found in the drain about 25 yards from the truck. Girl Fatally Hurt A seven-year-old girl died in the Wanganui Hospital on Saturday as the result of being injured in an accident on Heads Road on Thursday night. She was Lynette Eileen Clune, daughter of Mr and Mrs B. Clune, of 368 Heads Road, Wanganui; Albany Collision A young man died when his car was involved in a head-on collision at Albany on Friday. He was Colin H. de Stigter, aged 23, of Rentaui Street, Wellington, and formerly of Bowen Street, Dargaville. Rider Killed An Auckland motor-cyclist died from head injuries on the Great North Road at Western Springs shortly before an ambulance arrived on Friday afternoon. He was

Trevor Fournier d’Albe, aged 46, a fitter-engineer, married with four children, of Herald Island.