MOTORING MISHAPS

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 March 1930, Page 7

MOTORING MISHAPS

w — ' "* TWO CYCLES COLLIDE. [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, March 28.* A head-on collision between . two motor-cycles carrying pillion riders took place on the Great South Road between Penrose and Otahuhu tonight, and resulted in serious injuries to four persons, as follow: — Allan Wilkin: Compound fracture of the hip and fractured skull. Herbert Crewther: Fractured leg and head injuries, probably a fractured skull. Leonard Aukett: Slight concussion. Annie Campbell: Concussion and injuries to the face. The accident was not seen by anyone, but the tremendous crash attracted a passer-by, who found the woman groaning and the riders and machines in a heap at the side of the road. All except the girl were unconscious. All four were admitted to the Auckland Public Hospital, the condition of Wilkin and Crewther was reported at a late hour to be very serious.

CAR OVER BANK. DUNEDIN, March 28. A car owned and driven by Mr W. T. Henaghan, a Dunedin dentist, who with two other local residents, Messrs W. Foster and W. Lloyd, was returning from a bowling trip through Central Otago to-day, struck a telegraph pole near Rae’s Junction, and plunged over a 30 feet bank, turning over three times. Mr Henaghan was badly bruised, and received considerable shock, but his companions escaped with a shaking and minor bruising. Loose metal at the scene of the accident is thought to have caused the trouble.