150 FEET DROP.

Franklin Times, Volume 14, Issue 123, 19 January 1925, Page 5

150 FEET DROP.

; FATAL MOTOR-CAR ACCIDENT. MOTHER KILLED. HAMILTON, Sunday. A fatal motoring accident, resulting in the death of Mrs Selwyn Tyler, of Selkirk Street, Hamilton, and injuries to Mrs Stanley Tyler and her four-year-old daughter, occurred on the Raglan Deviation at about 5.40 p.m. last evening, when a large touring car fully loaded went over a bank and fell about 150 feet down a steep hill. The car, which was owned and driven by Mr. Stanley Tyler, of Hamilton, was returning from Raglan, the occupants being Mr and Mrs Stanley Tyler and Mr and Mrs Selwyn Tyler and their four children. The car was approaching the last cutting on the deviation near Whatawhata, and was travelling on a down grade when a motor lorry proceeding to Raglan appeared round a bond. Mr Tyler p. sseu this lorry and pulled his car sharply across the road toward the steep slope in order to avoid a collsion with another car, but did not have room in which to straighten up again and the left hand wheels went over the bank. The car overturned and rolled down the bank for a distance of about 150 feet, the occupants being I brown out as the car somersaulted down the hill. Mrs Selwyn Tyler threw her infant child clear of the car and it escaped unhurt. Mrs Tyler herself fell under the car and her neck was broken, death being instantaneous. The remainder of the party suffered severely from shock, and were in a dazed condition for some time. Fortunately Dr. A. G. Waddell, of Hamilton, was passing a few minutes later, and rendered aid to the injured, who were conveyed to Riverlea Pri\ale Hospital by Mr Campbell Johnstone, of Whatawhata. Examination revealed that Mrs Stanley Tyler and her daughter were the most seriously injured, the former suffering from broken iibs, an injured shoulder, abrasions and shock, while the ehuds legs .vfre badly cut by portions of the broken windscreen. Mr Selwyn I}ler had a leg bone broken. The remainder of the party, who were suffering from minor bruises and shock, were able to return to their homes alter receiving medical attention. Reports to-day are that all the injured are making satisfactory progress towards recovery. The car that Mr Tyler turned to avoid passed round a bend in the road, and its occupants wore unaware of the accident. The spot is not considered by motorists to be at all a dangerous one. Unfortunately many motorists try to keep close to the inside bank when oommg from Raglan and in doing this there is danger of accident. The driver of the car, Mr Stanley Tyler, lost his right forearm during the war and had a special system of control for the car in order to enable him to drive it with his left hand and the stump of his right arm. The car was practically destroyed. An inquest regarding the death of Mrs Tyler will probably be opened tomorrow. , - _ The late Mrs Tyler, who was formerly Miss Mona Guest, had livedL in Hamilton nearly all her life. She was well-known and very popular.