CAR AND LORRY COLLIDE; TWO KILLED

Northern Advocate, 21 June 1937, Page 3

CAR AND LORRY COLLIDE; TWO KILLED

[Special to "Northern Advocate ”l BLENHEIM, This Day.

A motor accident, which resulted in the loss of two lives, the driver of the car .and his little son, occurred near Waihopai, on the Blenheim-West Coast highway, about 15 miles from Blenheim, shortly after five o’clock on Saturday evening. A motor car and a heavily-laden motor lorry met in a head-on collision on a small bridge.

The victims of the accident were: MR FRANK DONALDSON, aged about 34 years, motor salesman for H. R. Dix and Sons, Blenheim, driver of the car, who was killed instantaneously. He received a broken neck, severe head injuries and a fractured right arm. lAN DONALDSON, the driver’s son, aged six, who died several hours later in hospital as a result of a fractured skull and jaw and spinal injuries. Mrs Donaiason suffered minor in • juries and severe shock. A second child, a girl, aged five, escaped harm. A lorry belonging to Gosling &

Sons, driven by Mr Frank Moreland, of Blenheim, was bringing a load of coal from Murchison to Blenheim, and Mr Donaldson was proceeding to’ Wairau Valley. The vehicles met with a terrific impact on a small oneway bridge located in a dip in the ground.

As an indication of the force of the impact, broken glass from the car’s windscreen was thrown over 50 feet ahead of the spot where it came to a standstill.