SLIPPERY ROADS
SENSATIONAL MOTOR SMASHES. HEAVY CASUALTY LIST. LONDON, June 1. England’s new impervious road surfaces, which become extraordinarily slippery after a light shower, caused carnage among Whitsunday holiday motorists. Five persons were killed and GO injured, as tho result of a string of 30 cars becoming involved in a slithering liead-to-tail mix-up, ’ when the leader, descending Goss Hill, in Kent, skidded and collided with a motor lorry. The noise of a collision which occurred on Bath road was heard half a mile away. A car was hurled 100 yards after striking an approaching vehicle. Seven persons were taken to hospital. ' ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 162, 12 June 1925, Page 3
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101SLIPPERY ROADS Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 162, 12 June 1925, Page 3
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