Holiday road deaths increased to 15

Press, 30 December 1978, Page 6

Holiday road deaths increased to 15

PA Wellington: The road toll had risen to 15 at noon yesterday for the first eight days of the Christmas-New Year holiday period, equalling the number of deaths during the same period last year. The latest death was in Invercargill just before mid-

i; night yesterday morning. A iwoman was killed and nine! >: other persons injured when ! two cars collided at a city- ■ intersection. The woman’s death brings: the road toll for the year to; » 643. Last year, 702 died in[ road accidents. i Police later said the woman ■ killed was

> Joy Alison Hawke, aged 32, !| of West Plains. i! Several persons were ad■■mitted to Kew Hospital after I the accident, including five! ;l children. > Lynn Stirling, aged 28, of I i ; Invercargill, and her son, i ! Brent Christopher Stirling,! 11 aged 10, were admitted to the! I intensive-care unit. . ; • Lisa Stirling, aged six, | Gavin Edward Hawke, aged | seven, Vicki Marie Hawke, aged eight, and Gillian EarnI shaw. aged eight, of West Plains, were also admitted. All were passengers in the car driven by Mrs Hawke. A passenger in the other car. Ronald Neil Stirling, of Winton, was also admitted to the hospital. All were reported in satisfactory condition yesterday morning. Three other persons were also taken to the hospital’s accident and emergency department but were dis- : charged.