WOMAN KILLED AND FIVE INJURED
HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH STATIONARY CAR By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 15. A woman was lulled and five persons injured when a car .-.truck a stationary car head-on on the Main Sou Mi Road near Norwood, about 22 jhii,;- from Christchurch, at about 8 oVioek tJii? evening. The victims w: ;-o: Bead * MRS. JOHNSTON, ; Vi!( . ~(; .\[,. R. IT.. Johnston, of Dunsai.-li ■!, v. v i> ■[[,-<[ •••!; her way to the hosplla!. Injured MR. JOHNSTON, husband of Mrs.. Johnston. MRS. JAMES THOMPSON, of Christchurch. JOHN THOMPSON, aged four MRS. CUMMINS. BARRY CUMMINS, aged four. • All are suffering from head injuries. It appears that the car containing the last four was jacked up for repairs when it was struck by the other car containing Mr. Johnston and his wife. Messrs. Thompson and Cummins, husbands of the two injured women, were on the road repairing the car and were not touched in the impact.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 October 1939, Page 8
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