Week-end leaves five dead
Two young men died in separate car accidents near Christchurch at>the week-end. The first accident occurred shortly after 11.30 p.m. on Saturday on McLeans Island Road, about Ikm east of Pound Road. The front-seat passenger of the car died when the vehicle collided with a power pole. He was Robert John Nash, aged 23. The driver, who was the only other occupant, was
taken by ambulance to Christchurch Hospital with moderate injuries. His name was not available yesterday. The other accident happened at 1.25 a.m. yesterday, about 3km from Woodend on j Kippenburger Avenue, near State Highway 72.. - The vehicle struck a bridge railing, ; which came through the windshield, killing the driver instantly. He was Kerry Andrew Dempsey, aged 18, of Rarigiora.
Mr Dempsey was the sole occupant of the car. © A man died in Wellington on Saturday as a result of a motor accident near Wanganui. He was Jason Karl Pue, aged 18, of Raetihi. Senior-Sergeant Nigel Mcßae of Wanganui said Mr Pue was the passenger in a car that ran off the road near Otoko Pa on Parapara Highway about midnight on Thursday. Mr Pue was transferred to Wellington Hospital’s intensive care unit.
• One woman died and another received head injuries when two cars collided in New Plymouth on Saturday night. The dead, woman was Pearl Nancy Bolstead, aged 37, of New Plymouth. She was the driver and sole occupant of one car. The driver of the other vehicle, Kathrine Joy Lilly, aged 21, was admitted to Taranaki Base Hospital. She was reported to be in a satisfactory condition.
© A woman died after a two-car collision on State Highway 3 near Te Kuiti. She was Jennifer Mary Wilson, aged 37, of Taharoa. She was taken by helicopter from the crash scene to Waikato Hospital but died six hours later. Police said the two cars were travelling north to Te Kuiti. One pulled in front of the other, forcing it off the road into a tree. Firemen had to be called to help cut people free from the vehicle.
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Press, 26 September 1988, Page 6
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