FIVE INJURED
Two in Serious State CAR SOMERSAULTS Skid in Loose Metal Dominion Special Ssbvice. . Dannevirke, December 28. Two women, critically Injured, and a man and two children less seriously injured, are lying in Dannevirke public hospital m the result of a motor accident which occurred near Norsewood, about three miles from Dannevirke, to-day. The injured are: MISS CALLAGHAN, aged 21, of Napier.—Serious injuries to spine. MRS. WERNER, wife of Mr. Allan B. Werner, of 3 McFarlane Street, Wellington.—Serious head injuries. ALLAN B. WERNER, Harbour Board employee. — Serious shock and bruises. Condition satisfactory. DOREEN WERNER, aged 15;—Lacerated wounds to legs and shock. Condition satisfactory. ALLAN WERNER, aged 9.—lnjuries to fingers and shock. Condition satisfactory. It is stated by an eye-witness, Mr. W. Stone, a racehorse owner of Invercargill, who was motoring to Waipukurau, that Mr. Werner’s car, which was going from Napier to Wellington, skidded on some loose metal near Norsewood, and somersaulted three times. It was a marvel, he said, that all the occupants were not killed instantaneously. Dr. Boyd, of Norsewood, was called, and after he had rendered first aid, the injured persons were admitted to the Dannevirke hospital.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 80, 29 December 1930, Page 9
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