ROAD ACCIDENTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22617, 4 January 1937, Page 8

ROAD ACCIDENTS

PEDESTRIAN KILLED S | STRUCK BY MOTOR-CYCLE J# RIDER ESCAPES LIGHTLY' it | GREAT SOUTH ROAD FATALITY || | Knocked down by a motor-eyd e ■''' I at the corner of Great South Road jajr j and Green Lane Road on Saturday flff | afternoon, a married man, U r \ Martin Francis Hansbery, aged <o retired, of 23 Tawera Road, Green ; Lane, was seriously injured. -|| | died in the Auckland Hospital at 5.30 yesterday morning. Mr. Hansbery was walking across th® i intersection when he was involved j* !f a collision with the motor-cycle, which ® ! was proceeding toward the'city a]o P g Great South Road. A St. John ambu. lance was summoned and he was taken to the Auckland Hospital. The rider of ! the motor-cycle. Mr. > Frederick Mar. | croft, suffered slight abrasions but «u jf! | not admitted to hospital. An inquest will be opened to-day before the coroner, Mr. F. K. Hunt. ' . VIOLENT IMPACT MOTOR-CYCLE AND CAR I • YOUTH GRAVELY INJURED [BT TELF.CP.APH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Saturday Extensive injuries were received by Earle Leney, aged 18, motor mechanic, of Wellington, when his motor-cycle s|| collided head-on with a motor-car in 4jjsS the Ngahauranga Gorge, about 5.40 ill o'clock yesterday afternoon. Lener vra taken to hospital suffering from concus- ffj sion, a compound fracture of the left leg, a fracture of the right thigh, and ';■! a fracture of the- left wrist. His condi- '|| tion is reported to be serious. The motor-cyclist was on his way to join his parents at Feilding. Having overtaken another motor-cycle, he pulled out to pa-ss a bus and struck aa approaching car. -He was thrown oyer ;£§; the bonnet of tha car and struck the )||| back windows of the bus. EARLY MOKFIHG FATALITY | ACCIDENT OX A BRIDGE . '"j [bt telegrapb;—press association] ifl CHRISTCHURCH, Snndaj j A young man,' "Mr. Richard Rich. of 83 Smith Street, Woolston. died in the Christchurch Hospital yesterday afternoon from injuries he received when a motor-car he was driving from Lincqjn "'-'j to Christchurch struck a bridge early yesterday morning. The injured man was taken to hospital suffering from concussion and other head injuries. -. i HEAD-ON COLLISION MOTOR-CYCLIST IN HOSPITAL [bt telegraph—own correspondent] TVHAKATAXE, Saturday A motor-cyclist, Mr. R. J. Drink« water, aged 26, a farm hand employed by Mr. D. Tebbut, of Te Teko, was involved in a head-on collision with * motor-car driven by Mr. J. G. Nelson, of Wellington, yesterday afternoon during a heavy rainstorm. Mr. Drinkwater was thrown clear of the car. but he suffered a broken leg and head injuries. He was admitted tfl the Whakatane Hospital. A Maori. Jimmie Ruawai, aged 20, while crossing the Etreet in Whakatane late last night, slipped on the kerb and fell as a motor-ear driven by Mr. D. Whittle was passing. The bumper of the car struck Ruawai, who suffered head injuries and shock. He was ad* mitted to the Whakatane Hospital.

CAR OUT OF CONTROL VEHICLE LEAVES ROAD [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] OPOTIKI, Saturday The capsize of a motor-car earlv this morning resulted in a youth. Keith Fleming, being; admitted to hospital with concussion. He was driving • a motor-car back from the Woodlands dance when it got out of control, ran down a bank a:nd capsized. MOTOR STRIKES POLE ELDERLY WOMAN HURT [BT TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION*] GISBOBXE, Saturday As a result of skidding on the greasy road this afternoon at Waerenga-a-hika, six miles from Gisborne, a motorcar collided with a telegraph pole and a passenger, Mrs. Crump, aged was admitted to the Cook Hospital. Her condition is reported to be serious. The car was driven by an 18-yeal* old youth, Herbert Kent, and the passengers were his mother, Mrs. C. Kent, Mr. G. F. Xieholls, and Mrs. Crump, all residents ol: Wairoa. 3lrs. Kent trsl slightly injured. VEHICLES OVERTURNED ESCAPE OF OCCUPANTS [from ovr own correspondent] HAMILTON. Satnrday A baker's van. owned by Mr. F. Find* lay. of Hamilton, and driven by R. Watt, and a. taxi, owned by Mr. Hi Deverell, of Hamilton, and driven by Mr. P. S. Robson, were involved a collision at the intersection of Bridfi® and Tisdall Streets, near the Hamilton police station,, on Thursday evening Both vehicles overturned and siderable damage was done. None of occupants, however, was serious hurt.

i CAPSIZE IN LOOSE METAL INJURY TO PASSENGER " _ j [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPOND WHAX6ABEI. Snnd»T. iv|H I Severe scalp wounds and shock j|iS| i suffered by Mrs. Harriet Scotter, I 88, of Bulwer Street. Devorport, IBS the motor-car in which she was ling overturned in loose metal lP Mangawai Gorgo to-day. Tli J car, w ! ;|||| was driven by Mrs. Scotter's son-J « law, Mr. S. J. Daemon, also of De port, was damaged, but r.enn- . ■ &8g driver nor his wife, who also "j||j| the car, was hurt. » The injured woman was i the Whangarei Hospital. Her con | is fairly serious.