MOTOR CAR’S SLIDE.
ACCIDENT ON RIMUTAKA. ONE AIAN SERIOUSLY INJURED. Carterton, July 25. A sensational accident occurred on the Rimutaka Hill on Saturday night last. A car, driven by Fred. Butterworth, of Greytown, was returning after the Springbok match, with ten passengers. When rounding the Devil’s Elbow the wheels skidded and the car dashed over the road, slithering down the steep slope some 40 feet. The passengers were thrown all ways. One, Thompson Turei, generally known as Thompson Edwards, caught his foot in tho steering wheel, and fiis back was bent across the seat of the car.
Ffirlhor fall of the car was stayed by ft clump of manuka, which saved a further sheer drop of some 300 or 400 feet. Thompson was released and taken to the Greytown Hospital, where he lies in a precarious condition. It is feared his back is broker. The others escaped with a shaking. [A Wellington message gives the name of the owner and driver of the car as Frank Dennes.]
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 182, 25 July 1921, Page 5
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167MOTOR CAR’S SLIDE. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 182, 25 July 1921, Page 5
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