SLIPPERY ROADS.
SERIOUS MOTOR SMASHES. SEVEN PERSONS IN HOSPITAL. LONDON, J«no 1. England's new impervious road surfaces,' which become extraordinarily slippery after a light shower, caused many accidents among Whitsunday holiday motorists. •' Five persons were killed and 60 injured as the result of a string of 30 cars becoming involved in a head-to-tail " mixup," when the leader, descending Gos3 Hill, in Kent, skidded and collided with a motor-lorry. The noise of a collision which occurred on the Bath Road was heard half a-inile away. ' A car was hurled 100 yards after : striking an approaching vehicle. Seven persons were taken to hospital.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19040, 10 June 1925, Page 10
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