A HEAD ON CRASH
MOTORISTS TO PAY HEAVY DAMAGES By Telegraph—Pres-' Association. Christchurch, June 19. After a hearing lasting two days, Martha Jane Hill was awarded £Bl3 15s. Id. damages, Hazel Dashwood Sim, £lOO, Wilfred Joseph Sim £126 135., and William Smith AlacGibbon £79 ss. 10d. ; against Tracy Gough and Charles David Gough for injuries received in a motor collision on a hill country road in November last. It was contended that defendants were on the wrong side of the road, and seeing that a collision was inevitable, preferred a head on crash to going on the outside of the road at a dangerous corner. As a result of the collision, Mrs. Hill had been permanently incapacitated from any form of activity and Airs. Sim had been disfigured, while Mr. Sim lost an eyebrow. AlacGibbon only claimed for damages to his car.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 223, 20 June 1925, Page 6
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142A HEAD ON CRASH Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 223, 20 June 1925, Page 6
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