MOTOR-CARS CAPSIZE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20517, 19 March 1930, Page 12

MOTOR-CARS CAPSIZE.

FALL INTO CREEK BED.

SEVEN PERSONS INVOLVED.

MINOR INJURIES TO THREE,

ACCIDENT NEAR TAKANINI.

Seven passengers in a service car had remarkable escapes from serious injury when the vehicle left the road and landed on its side in the dry bed of a tidal creek near Takanini about seven o'clock last evening.

The car, which is owned by the Aard Motor and Tourist Services, was driven by Mr. Donald Cattanach, and was proceeding toward Auckland. A front tyre burst as it neared the bridge across the creek on the Papakura side of Takanini. The car, a heavy closed model, swerved across the road, crashed through a wire fence and rolled over several times, finally falling on its side on the bed of the cieek.

Of the seven passengers, three were taken to the Linton Private Hospital at Papakura, to receive treatment for minor abrasions,, severe bruises and shock. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Salmon, of 17, Queen's Parade, Devonport, were able to leave the hospital after being treated, while the third person injured, Miss Aplin, of New North Road, Morningside, was detained for further attention. The other passengers were Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy, of 10, Tennyson Street, Mount Eden, Mr. J. A. Sumish, of 27, Gladstone Road, Parnell, and Mr. R. H. Feisst, of Cambridge, who escaped with a shaking. The passengers were able to open the doors of the overturned car and get out without assistance. It was fortunate that the creek was dry at the time, as there are two or three feet of water under the bridge when the tide is full. OAR OVERTURNS ON ROAD. PASSENGERS ESCAPE INJURY. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HUNTLY, Tuesday. As a motor-car was crossing the hill at Rangiriri, near the Public Works camp, this evening, on its way to Hamilton, the front axle broke and caused the car to capsize on to the side of the road. The driver and sue passengers escaped injury and the car was not extensively damaged.