OCCUPANTS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

Grey River Argus, 12 April 1912, Page 5

OCCUPANTS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

(Per Press Association.) TMARU, April 11. In order to avoid a collision with a gig: at a street . crossing in a quiet part of the to>yh this afternoon, the owner and driver turned a :big motor car too shtarpiy round a corner with the. result that one of tho hind wheels collapsed, arict the' car fell on its side throwing- out the driver and faur r five young women 'passengers. The car, nevertheless!; hit the gig- behind and threw it forward and .capsized "it. '" The driver '.of'- the' .car had his collarbone and one or more x^hi i broken. His sister, and Miss K. ' Ardagh, daughter of the . proprietor > of "the • Commercial Hotel both Isuff ei'ed Severe iy from concussion and bruises. The other occupants of the car e scaped with" scratches and bruises. ' The man" in -the gig (P. , (Butler), struck tfie kerb with his head when he fe'ir"a ! nd was cut about: th§. face, and l^tej: showed symptioms of s.kull ; fracture. ■ The ambulance men jdid good service before the doctors arrived in removing the patients .{three ; of 'thejiij tq th<e - hospital. • A tall hedg6 at" tne corner! ;.l probably had - somethingi .to .do iri bringing .about .'the accitlenV .-. f : , ;■