13 killed on roads

Press, 14 May 1984, Page 8

13 killed on roads

PA Wellington A senior Customs Department official and his wife were among 13 people killed on New Zealand’s roads since Thursday evening. Eleven were killed during the worst week-end this year. The previous highest week-end toll since the beginning of the year was eight dead during the weekend of March 30 to April 2. The Ministry of Transport said the road toll for the year at 262 was officially 46 higher than the corresponding time last year. Two persons were killed and two injured in a headon collision between two cars on State highway 1, 2km south of Dunsandel last evening. All of the dead and injured persons are believed to be males. One of the two injured persons is believed to have serious injuries, and the other moderate injuries. The accident happened at 10.48 p.m. The names of the dead and injured persons were not available early this morning. An assistant controller of Customs was killed instantly when the car he was travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle in Wellington early on Saturday morning. He was George Bathgate, aged 51, of Titahi Bay. His wife died in hospital from multiple injuries. She was

Irene Bathgate, aged 47. Five other people were injured in the accident. A

Mr Graham Ludlow, the Customs Department’s administration director, was discharged from hospital yesterday, after treatment for head and chest injuries. His wife, Mary Ludlow, is in a satisfactory condition with head, leg and wrist injuries.

The other passenger in the car, Mr Thomas Greig, from Canada, was treated for minor injuries and discharged. The two occupants of the other car were recovering in hospital. A company director of Ranui, Auckland, whose car hit a pole in Henderson on Friday night was killed. He was

for minor injuries and discharged. The two occupants of the other car were recovering in hospital. A company director of Ranui, Auckland, whose car hit a pole in Henderson on Friday night was killed. He was Gregory Martin Collier, aged 31. A Papamoa man died when the car he was driving collided with another on State highway two near Tauranga on Friday. He was James Joseph Smith, aged 74. The driver of the other car, Mrs Glenys Isobel Lee, of Whakatane, was seriously injured. A Lower Hutt man, formerly of Gisborne, was killed when his motor-cycle collided with a car towing a trailer in Wainuiomata oq Saturday. He was

lan Ross Wilkinson, aged 21. A pillion passenger suffered minor injuries and was in a fair condition in Hutt Hospital. A Rotorua woman died in a four-car collision in the Mamuka Hills near Rotorua on Friday, on State highway

five. She was

Josephine Sturgess, aged 67. Seven other people were treated in Rotorua Hospital for various injuries after the accident. A student of Mangakino, died in a car accident in Te Awamutu on Friday afternoon. She was Heather Anne Moore, aged 17. A Palmerston North woman, died in hospital yesterday from injuries suffered when a car in which she was a passenger hit a pole and overturned in the town on Saturday night. She was

Sandra Lorraine Hepburn, aged 21.

A girl, aged four, of Tokoroa, died on Saturday when hit by a car outside her home. She was Louisa Sophie Muniwai. A youth, aged 18, died in Southland Hospital on Friday from injuries received when his motor-cycle and a van collided on Thursday. He was

David Brent Thompson, of Invercargill.

Another motor-cyclist died on Saturday from injuries suffered on Thursday night. He was Stephen Roderick McGregor, aged 20, an airman from the Royal New Zealand Air Force base at Whenuapai. Mr McGregor was found lying on the north-western motorway. The police think he might have clipped a marker post and been thrown from his motorcycle but did not rule out the possibility that he was hit by another vehicle. 1