GIRL KILLED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23774, 30 September 1940, Page 6

GIRL KILLED

MOTOR-CAR OVERTURNS INJURIES TO OTHERS SOLDIER SERIOUSLY HURT When a motor-car travelling south overturned on the Great South Road near Bombay on Saturday afternoon, a girl was killed instantly and the throe other passengers, including two soldiers, were injured, being later admitted to the Auckland Hospital. The victims were:— Killed Miss Valmai June Sharplin, waitress, aged 19, of 31 Karaka Street, Newton. Her parents live at Karaka, Papakura. Injured Private Herbert Kitchener McCaulev, married, aged 24, of Ngaruawahia military camp, formerly of Lumsden, Southland; severe concussion and-head injuries. Private John Niven Murch, single, aged 24, also of Ngaruawahia camp, and formerly of Invercargill; severe shock. Miss Edith Beasley, waitress, aged about 19, of 31 Karaka Street, Newton; shock and head injuries. Trip to Hamilton Intending to go for a trip to Hamilton and back, the party hired the car, a small sedan model, - in Auckland and left early in the afternoon. Just over the crest of the hill, where the steep descent to Pokcno begins, the car skidded, struck a small drain at the side of the road, and overturned, landing on its hood facing toward Auckland. Miss Sharplin, who was driving, was caught beneath the car'when the door on her side opened. The other passengers were severely shaken as the car turned over, and Private McCaulev was unconscious. Dr. A. T. Begg, of Pukekohe, attended the injured until they were taken to Auckland. Condition of Injured The car was considerably damaged, tho chassis and roof being twisted and bent. Private McCaulev was 6till unconscious when admitted to tho hospital, and his condition was fairly serious last night. The condition of Miss Beasley and Private Murch was not serious.

ELDERLY WOMAN'S FATE CAR'S PLUNGE DOWN BANK [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Sunday A woman, aged 60, Miss Winifred Dorothy Sergeant, of Napier, was killed when a car left the road near the Mohaka bridge, on the NapierTaupo highway, yesterday, and plunged 30ft. down a bank. The driver of the car, Mr. William Moore Barton, aged 50, of 48a Stanley Point Road, Devonport, suffered shock and bruises. His condition is not serious.