STRUCK BY CARS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17057, 11 June 1926, Page 4

STRUCK BY CARS.

MAN INJURED AT MAKARAKA; SENSATIONAL OCCURftENCE AT ORM'G'ND. A man named Duncan McLatirin, an employee of Mr. W. -Turbull at Ngatapa, had a fortunate escape from serious injury late last evening, when a motorcar, driven by Mr. James R. Hair, of Patutahi, knocked him down and carried him several yards along the read. The .accident occurred half way between Makaraka and Matawhero. According to the statement given the police by the driver of the car, he saw two men walking ahead of him, one on either side/ of the mad. Although lie seemed' to be aware that a car was coming behind him, McLaiirin swerved acrass the road to join his friend, but then changed his mind. Hair swerved to avoid him, but as he did so the man st-rpp'i.l into the line of ihe oar. and was knocked down and dragged-a distance of several yards. 'Fortunately he was not carried rigid underneath the car, and this probably saved him from serious injuries. The car sustained a broken wheel and had to he jacked up in order to get the injured man oat. Mr. George Tumbtill, who" was no companying the injured man along the road, has corroborated the statement of the driver of the car. • Dr. Singer. was called' out to- the. * scene of the accident and it was found that the. injured man had suffered a severe shock and was badly braised. He was later removed to the Cook Haspifal. 4 INTERRUPTED PARTINfi. . SENSATIONAL CAB SMASH. What- is alleged to have bnen a sen- ■ sational car smash occurred' at Ormond a few nights ago, when a young Gisbornc man, who was bidding farewell to a. lady friend at the gate of her home, was run down by a car. which swerved from the road and crashed into him. According to statements made to the police, the motorist, came along the row!, and then suddenly turned across the ditch, which separated the gate from the road. The ear had just sufficient momentum to push the. young man up against tho gatepost, but not enough to injure him, and he had' an exceedin?lv fortnnate escape. The car was badly damaged. CYCLIST KNOCKED DOWN. ACCIDENT NEAR POST OFFICE. An accident oceured near the Read's Quay frontage of the Gisbome post office yentcrday. when a watersider who was cycling to Vork, was knocked down by a lorry owned', by Walsh's bakery. The cyclist was coming down Glad- » stone road and was turning into Rend « Quay when the lorry, comma- from the Quay, hit him and knocked him down. The bicvele was badly damaged, hut the cyclist sustained minor injuries only, his wrist being hurt;