Girl Dies, Eight Hurt

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31677, 13 May 1968, Page 22

Girl Dies, Eight Hurt

A 17-year-old girl was killed and eight other teen-agers injured, some seriously, when two cars collided head on in the main street of Hamilton, about 2.30 a.m. yesterday. The girl was Miss Sandra Cook, of Odette Street, Hamilton. Six of the eight persons injured were admitted to the Waikato Hospital, some suffering extensive head and body injuries, the Press Association reports. The car in which Miss Cook was killed was driven by Wayne Michael Goodley, aged 16, of Hamilton. The driver of the other car involved was John Cabrine Dykzeul, aged 18, of Auckland. Two Killed Two persons were killed and a third seriously injured on Maunu Road, Wbangarei, about midnight on Friday. Those killed were Miss Gat! Lynette Mcßeth, aged about 18, of Kokopu, and Dennis William Freer, aged 20, a bridge builder, of 87 George Street, Hikurangi. Leonard Warren Glavish, of 52 George Street, Hikurangi, was seriously injured. The car was travelling towards Whangarel from 'Maunu when it hit a power pole tearing the top of the

body off and almost breaking the vehicle in half. Death Of Child A child was killed instantly on Saturday afternoon after touching the element of a heater in his parents’ house. He was Albert William Harris, aged three and a half, son of Mr and Mrs R. M. Harris, of 35 Awatere Road, Otara. Hit By Car The father of seven children was killed early yesterday morning when he was struck by a car on the Waitomo Caves Road, about seven miles north of Te Kuiti. He was Clarance Karauti Iti, aged 42, a shepherd on the Waio-

tapu Lands and Survey block at Rotorua. Police said the accident occurred about 1.30 a.m. Mr Iti was standing on the roadside talking to friends in a parked car when another car struck him. Several others in the group were also injured and two were admitted to the Te Kuiti Hospital. Head Injuries A man who suffered severe head injuries in a car accident south of Whangarei a little more than a week ago, died in the Whangarei Hospital yesterday. He was Denis John Probst, aged 24, of 27 Apirana Avenue, Glen Innes. Mr Probst was one of four men injured when their car struck the side of the Mata bridge.