More holiday crash victims die

Press, 2 January 1979, Page 2

More holiday crash victims die

A Dunedin woman died in Christchurch Hospital on Saturday from injuries she suffered in a motor accident 10 days ago. She was Patricia Flanagan Gray, aged 46, married. Mrs Gray was injured in an accident on the comer of Waterloo Road and Baxters Road, Islington, on December 22. A woman and two children were killed, and five other persons injured in a crash on the Southern Motorway at. Papakura early on Saturday afternoon. They were Judith Anne Reid, aged 20, married, of Manurewa, Elizabeth Mabel Mini Diaz, a baby aged three months, and Antonio Pedro Diaz, a baby aged seven months. All five who survived the crash were reported by Middlemore Hospital to have serious head injuries. One of the injured was the driver, a man who was trapped for 15 minutes In the wreckage of his car on the bridge spanning the Papakura Stream. Karen Evans, of 73 Tainui Street, Somerfield, was admitted to Christchurch Hospital overnight on Saturday, after a motor-cycle and a car collided at the comer of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace that afternoon. She suffered minor head injuries: she was discharged on Sunday. Nine persons were admitted to the Reef ton and Grey hospitals after a two-car collision near Goings Bridge on the Canterbury side of the Lewis Pass on Saturday evening. A Dunedin couple, their three sons, and a relative were in one car. and three Christchurch persons were in the other vehicle. Mr Victor Grey, of Dunedin. suffered chest and abdominal injuries, his wife Kay head injuries, and

their sons, Jason, aged eight {broken bones in arm and | leg, Braddan, aged six, concussion, Aubrey, aged four, ; head injuries, and Mrs i Grey’s brother, Neville 'Annan of Auckland, head injuries. In the other car, were Malcolm Barry (broken foot), Elisabeth Harvey I (bruising), and Anne Ralfe I (minor internal injuries and bruising). Victor Grey and his son, 'Jason, were reported to be ! in a satisfactory condition. { and Mr Annan was described; as comfortable. The others have been dis-: charged from Reefton Hospi-i tai. A youth was admitted to! i Christchurch Hospital’s in- ! tensive-care unit early on (Sunday morning afier the { motor-cycle he was riding | hit a signpost near Waiau. I He is Michael Scott Murray, (aged 16, of Strowan Pasj tures, Waiau, who suffered {moderately serious injuries, including a broken leg. He has since been trans-: ferred out of intensive care, and is now in a fairly com(fortable condition. i Frank John Hodzelman, aged 18, of Tram Road, Kaiapoi, is also fairly comfortable, although he is on i the seriously-ill list. He was | injured in a collision between two ears on the Main i North Road near Waikuku early on Sunday evening. I A young girl was taken to hospital from the same accident but was treated and Cischarged. | A Bishopdale man is in I the intensive-care unit at Christchurch Hospital after his car hit a pole near the I Johns Road crematorium (yesterday afternoon. He is Peter Emmett Lawler. aged 59, of 97 Hoani Street, on the seriouslv-ill : list with serious head, chest and internal injuries. Hoe Simon Lim, aged 20, , of 26 Brockworth Place, Ric(carton, was also admitted to [hospital yesterday, after the motor-cycle he was riding

and a car collided at the corner of Madras Street and Tuam Street. His condition was not available last eventing. A woman, aged 19, who was involved in the same accident, was treated for cuts and discharged. Susan Eileen Wright, aged 20, of 298 Barbadoes Street, was also involved in a collision between a motor-cycle and a car last evening. The accident occurred at the corner of Hereford Street and Madras Street. She suffered cuts and a broken leg. Her condition also was not available. A woman aged 22, is in the intensive-care unit of the Waiau Hospital, Blenheim" after her car left State Highway one at Parakawa railway station, 27 miles north of Kaikoura, at 7 p.m. on Sunday. She is Marie Anne Bruce, of 19 Kings Avenue, Waikuku. The brand-new small car she was driving is a write- { off. After leaving the road near the station the car crossed a two-metre wide ditch and snapped off a telegraph post 300 metres further on. Traffic on roads in the Christchurch district has been light to moderate in the last three days. The greatest number of breath and blood tests was taken on Saturday — 14 of each. On Sunday, one breath test and one blood test were taken, and to 5 p.m. yesterday none was taken. Traffic was light in Christchurch on Sunday and moderate yesterday, said a Ministry of Transport spokesman. However beach roads were busy.