RUNAWAY MOTOR CAR.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 June 1926, Page 7

RUNAWAY MOTOR CAR.

IN BUSY QUEEN STREET. - AN AUCKLAND. SENSATION. (BY TELEGRAPH—CRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND', June 2/. A ‘lititle before .five o’clock on Saxu relay evening a large five-fee ate r motor ear got out of control,' and shooting across Queen -Street, out/ of Durham v Street,. knocked down two pedestrians, smashed a laige plateglass. window in Wliiteoanlbe and'Tombs’ premises, and then a. thick iron verandah post, y. The whole incident is sKrouaed in •mystery, and no one. seems to be able to account, for the car’s dash across busy Queen Street. The' earner of the car” Mr. Percy A. Bruford, had occasion to call in at. the Commercial. Travellers’ Club in Durham Street to collect .some mail, and left- the car outside the front door in reverse gear and with the hand brakes on. , He was only in the club for a few minutes, and oil coming out to drive away apjaiu lie •was surprised to see bis dar d’ashiiig dowii the hill.towards the,main thoroughfare. When the vehicle was abreast at. ■ Queen Street a young mau caw what was happening, and withi great Presence of mind; made a leap on to toe # running board and gave- the steering wheel a violent twist in order to save the car from’ running over h. lady and two little girls who, were looking in... Stewart Dawson’s window. However, the ear was travelling swiftly m top. n-ear and he avas unable to bring it to a'standstill from his-preca no us position The car mounted the kertoing, knocked down two pedestrians, broke a avindow, and finished' up again- on the street after it lia<Ubroken-.a, verandah pest in- halves. : .Y ' , It was at once seen, that one of the unfortunate pedestrians; a' Maori named Moaho Tukeno, aged about 36, was seriously injured. The other man, whose name is William IV. R-. Powley, also about 35, avas found to, have sustained cuts 'and abrasions.-