TWO YOUNG PEOPLE KILLED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 17 April 1939, Page 6

TWO YOUNG PEOPLE KILLED

HIT-AND-KUN motorist . SUSPECTED ll : United Press Association! 1 DUNEDIN, 16th April A motor-cycle accident which result- ’ od in the death of a young man and ! young woman and in which a hit-and-run motorist is suspected to have been implicated occurred on Duke's road, f near Mosgiel, about midnight on Sat* ; urday. The accident was not discovered till about 8 a.m. to-day when the ' bodies of two victims were found ly : ng • at the side of the road beside the . motor-cycle. The victim* were:— Neil Harris, aged 24, of 138 Bay View ’ road. Dunedin. Vera Thomson, aged 22. employed at Wakari Hospital. | When the tragedy was first discover- } ed it was thought that it was the re- ( suit of the motor-cycle having skidded, but further investigations revealed that it could have been the result of a hitI and-run accident. A large body of detective*, assisted by chief traffic inspector McDowell and i Inspector Sutherland, began a search- ’ ing inquiry, but up to a late hour to- ' night no arrest had been made It is understood that the victims of , the accident were engaged to be mar* ried YOUNG MAN KILLED HASTINGS. 16th April. An accident resulting in the death of . a young man. fairly severe injuries to . another and slight injuries to a third r occurred on the Taradale road between r RedclifTc bridge and Waiohiki golf t links, about 1 a.m. this morning. The , victims were:— ; Killed Percy Stanley Donald Lowe, aged 21, son of Edmund John Low'e, Pakowha! 5 1 road. Hastings; fatal head injuries. ■ | Injured [ Hector Smith. Elsthorpe: fairly severe | ' leg injuries. ( Jack Thear. Hastings, slight injuries. i The car. an open roadster model, [ while travelling toward Taradale. ap- ! parently ran off the road and hit a r telephone pole The car was badly ) wrecked, the right side being tom alj most completely off. All the occupants were preciptated >, on to the roadside by the shock of r the impact. Mr Lowe, who wa* driving ? j the car. being killed instantaneously. ’ Hearing the crash, some Maoris living » in Waiohiki. investigated and immedij ately summoned Constable J. Gartley. j Taradale. who. accompanied by Dr. Will. Taradale. went to the scene. > j Messrs Thear and Smith, owner of the I car. after treatment, were admitted to I the Napier Public Hospital. Mr Thear ; being discharged during the day. Mr Smith’s condition to-night wa* describI ed as beig quite fair. PEDESTRIANS KNOCKED DOWN NEAR WAVERLEY WANGANUI. 16th April. The death occurred in Patea Hospital on Saturday of Mrs H. Ellis, wife ! of Mr M. Ellis. Waverley. as the result of injuries received when she wa* j struck by a motor-car on the main road near Waverley on Wednesday, i Mrs Ellis was the second victim of the i accident.-her brother in law, Mr Wii- ; liam Ellis dying before he was admitJ ted to hospital.