Four killed on Chch roads
"Four persons died after four separate road accidents in and around Christchurch yesterday. Three of the fatalities occurred between midnight and 7 a.m., in what Ministry of Transport officers described as “the saddest morning for a long time.”
A young motor-cyclist was killed when his machine struck a pole in Watts Road, Sockburn, about 12.40 a.m. yesterday. He was
Shane Stanley McKenzie, aged 20, of 79 Middlepark Road, Upper Riccarton.
The second fatal accident occurred about 2.12 a.m., when a car struck a pole in Clyde Road, Fendalton. The woman killed was
Valerie Dawn Feona Snelling, aged 39, of 1 Menlo Terrace, Sumner.
A youth died after the car in which he was travelling struck a pole in Marshland Road about 4.15 a.m. yesterday. He was
Brent Edward Stevenson, aged 17, of 5 New Brighton Road.
The dead youth, who was a passenger in the car, suffered severe head injuries. He was rushed by St John ambulance to Christchurch Hospital, but died about two hours later. A woman passenger, was killed instantly when two cars collided on the Old North Road at Pinehaven, near Kaiapoi, soon after 8 p.m. yesterday. The police were stilb trying to contact relatives of the dead woman late last evening, and had''’ not released her name. Four persons were injured in the accident.
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