Boys hurt when truck hits tree

Press, 14 May 1979, Page 6

Boys hurt when truck hits tree

A boy who suffered severe head injuries when a milk < truck struck a tree in Deans < Avenue early on Saturday 1 was still critically ill in the < Christchurch Hospital last 1 evening. t He is Gary Hamilton, aged 16, of Havelock Street, Lin- t wood. I Two young brothers suf- i fered less severe injuries in < the accident, which occuredi: at 5.45 a.m. < Michael Joseph Madden, aged 15, of Charon Street, , Brooklands, was reported to be in a fairly comfortable ' condition in the Princess I Margaret Hospital last even- j ing. His brother Shane Madden, aged 14, was reported to be in a satisfactory condition in the Burwood Hospi- 1 tai. 1

Firemen had to use “jaws of life” equipment to free one of the injured boys, who had been trapped in the crushed cab of the milk truck for more than 15 minutes. Firemen were also called to free a man who was trapped after a car struck a pole at the intersection of Garlands Road and Opawa Road about 11 p.m. on Friday. Gary Thompson, aged 28, of 215 Eastern Terrace, Beckenham, suffered severe head, chest, and leg injuries. He was still in a serious condition in the intensivecare unit at the Christchurch Flospital last evening.