CAR OVER BANK

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 161, 4 April 1932, Page 5

CAR OVER BANK

Mother and Daughter Hurt LANDS IN CREEK Residents of Masterton Dominion Special Service. Mastertoil, April 3. As a result of a motor-ear in which they were passengers dropping over a bank into a creek, two Masterton residents, Mrs. P. Gooding, of South Road, and her adult daughter, were admitted to hospital to-night. The driver of the car, Mr. Charles Burton, and his small son Maxwell, who was also a passenger, were unhurt. The accident about 7.15 p.m., in Macara Street, which is only a partly-formed thoroughfare. A creek crosses the road at one end, but Mr. Burton was unaware of this. He drove on and his car mounted the protecting embankment and dropped about seven feet into the creek. Mrs. and Miss Gooding were thrown out and were cut by flying glass. They also are suffering severely from shock. MOTORIST HITS BANK Accident at Lower Hutt Mr. Leslie Probert was admitted to Knight’s Road Hospital, Lower Hutt, on Saturday after the car he was driving had landed in a ditch and struck a bank, almost dislocating the top of the body. Mr. Probert was not seriously injured. The accident occurred while Mr. Probert was giving way to a car in a narrow part of Gracefield Road.