MOTORING FATALITY

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 551, 28 December 1925, Page 5

MOTORING FATALITY

SLR VICE CAR OVER. BANK M:\GR I PASSENGER KILLED WILE SERIOUSLY INJURED OTHER. PASSENGERS ALSO HURT On Thursday a serious motor ear accident occurred at the 15-mile on the Taurangn Road, An ambulance was despatched i mined lat ely from tile King George \ . HospiLif, Rotorua.

It appears that a service car coming from Taurangn to Rotorua, driven by Mrs Ca l.tanach, had plunged over a bank on- the main road. The car turned over twice and film 11 v landed on its wheels. A Maori in the front seat was killed outright. A woman understood to be his wile was very seriously' injured. A girl aged 14 years named Smedley was injured, sustaining cuts on the knee and concussion.

’ Mr Sargeant, the Bay of Plenty football repro i 'entafive, was badly cut about the nos'o and face. The girl was brought into the King Street Private Hospital and is progressing favourably; ’The Maori woman and the body of the dead native were taken to a wharo at Okere. The woman’s condition is most critical and if is feared her back is broken. Dr Kinder, of Auckland, who was fishing at Okere, went out and gave all -aid possible. Mrs Catianaeh was not hurt. T*,o "car was full. If wag-- a large service- ear running to schedule beITveen Taurangn and Rotorua.