Spectacular accidents
• A car went out of control on Centaurus Road, hit the curb, struck a concrete fence, and flipped on iots roof, flattening it to the bonnet-line late last evening. The driver, who was the sole occupant, was pulled unconscious from the car but he suffered only minor injuries. A spokesman from the Ministry of Transport said that about 12m of the fence was damaged. Pieces of wood i flew on to the roof of a -Inearby house. * Any person who saw the; 11 accident, which happened at
1,10.40 p.m., is asked to get in J touch with the Ministry of . Transport. - ( Another car ploughed into : a house in Avonside Drive ; late last evening, causing : damage amounting to several • thousand dollars. The driver was not hurt, but the big house, which is I still under construction, just west of Avondale Road, suffered considerable damage. The Ministry of Transport attended five injury and three non-injury accidents between 1 5 p.m. and midnight yesterday.
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Press, 23 June 1978, Page 4
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