MOTOR CYCLE AND TAXI

Evening Star, Issue 21519, 18 September 1933, Page 8

MOTOR CYCLE AND TAXI

WELL-KNOWN FOOTBALLER AND YOUNG LADY INJURED [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, September 18. R. Hazelburst, the Canterbury Rugby representative, and his fiancee, Miss Dulcie Cameron, lie in a serious condition in the Christchurch. Hospital as the result of being thrown from a motor cycle in a collision with a taxi on Ferry road last evening. They are suffering from head injuries, and both were unconscious throughout the night. The accident occurred at 10.10. HTazelhurst was riding a motor cycle, and Miss Cameron was a passenger on the pillion seat. They had attended a concert at the Civic Theatre, and were travelling along Ferry road. The taxi was i oceeding along Fitzgerald avenue from north to south, and the collision occurred near the centre of the intersection. Hazelburst was thrown forward, and his head and shoulders were precipitated through a pane of glass in the rear window of the car. Miss Cameron struck her head on the upper portion of the car. The occupants of the taxi, besides the driver, were* three members of the crew of H.M.A.S. Canberra. All escaped injury. The motor cycle was badly damaged. A message this afternoon stated that at one o’clock Hazelburst was semiconscious. His condition is serious. Miss Cameron was still unconscious, her condition being critical.