Sumner crash victims named

Press, 10 November 1978, Page 4

Sumner crash victims named

The police have identified, two young Christchurch men; who died after the motor-! cycle they were riding! crashed into a pole near Shag Rock. Sumner, at' ;8.15 p.m. on Wednesday. One of the men was thrown into the sea, and the other landed on rocks beside Main Road. They were David Wayne Pritchard, aged 23, of Christ- [ church; and ' Dennis Harold Bristowe, aged 21, of Christ- | church. ' Both men died in the ; Christchurch Hospital soon after the accident. ; Witnesses said that the [motor-cycle failed to take a [bend near Shag Rock and Iran across the road into the Ipole. One of the injured men

11 was rescued from the sea by! !a passing motorist, Mr S.l •! Harris. Mr Harris said the ;jman was unconscious, but i was still breathing. ;i The Ministry of Transport lis still looking for a vehicle > i which struck a pedestrian s; outside a Christchurch Hotel • on November 3. The injured man, Lindsay 'Sweeney, aged 33. of Purjchas Street, St Albans, was reported still in a serious : condition in the Christ- > church Hospital last evening. The Ministry of Transport ! seeks the driver of a lime- ! green 1970 Holden station i waggon, with a white roof, which struck Mr Sweeney in Oxford Terrace, outside the i ■ Grenadier Tavern, about 11 1 p.m. • The Ministry is also anxiious to hear from anybody i who saw the accident.