MOTORING COLLISION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20072, 9 October 1928, Page 11

MOTORING COLLISION.

MR. 0. F. NELSON INJURED. CARS EXTENSIVELY ' DAMAGED. [FROM OUR OWN correspondent.] LONDON. Sept. 7. Eight people, including Mr. Olaf Nelson, of Samoa, were injured and taken to hospital as a result of a serious collision between two cars at Watford, near Rugby, on September 3. Tho injured, besides Mr. Nelson, wcrc : —Mr. R- E. Tremain, chaufjfmr, cuts and abrasions to face; his wife, Mrs. Lily Tremain, fractured forearm; Mr. Charles Cox, cuts and bruises; Miss Amy Pearson, typist and bookkeeper, severe cuts to head and shock, condition serious; Mr. William V. Iloskins, motor driver, head injuries; Miss Lucy Nelson, daughter of, Mr. 0. F. Nelson, cuts and bruises; Mr. Rex Pleasant, secretary to Mr. Nelson, cut nose and lip. Mr. Tremain was driving his wife, Mr. Cox and Miss Pearson from London in a car, and it had just passed over a steep, narrow canal bridge, when it crashed broadside into tho car which contained Mr. Hoskins, Mr. and Miss Nelson and Miss Pleasant. Tho cars wero knocked into tho hedges and severely damaged. A passing motorist found the passengers lying in .the road injured, and summoned assistance. Ambulances from Rugby and Davcntry wero sent for, and the injured were taken to Rugby Hospital. Mi'. Nelson sustained a cut eyelid and forehead, but was not detained in hospital.