Five People Injured.

Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19213, 20 September 1934, Page 2

Five People Injured.

MOTOR-CAR CRASHES. PROCEEDING TO FUNERAL. ACCIDENT .NEAR LYTTELTON. lßy Association;. CHRffIffIBfJJCH,. Sept. 20. Five persons were injured when a car in which they were travelling co a funeral at Port Levy left Urn road and rolled down a hill, about 11 o’clock yesterday morning. The accident happened' about three and a half miles from Purau, near the top of a hill on the way to Port Levy at a point where the road has a steep gradient. The car fell 15ft. straight down to a wire lchcc, smashed through this, overturned and rolled down-hill. The passengers were thrown out at intervals before the car came to a stop 300 ft. down the slope. The injured persons, who wero not discovered uutif more than an hour and a half later, were taken to the Christchurch Public Hospital by St. John Ambulances. The car was damaged beyond repair.

The persons concerned and the nature of their injuries are: Mr. H. W. Candy, Oxford Terrace, head injuries'; Miss A. Gandy, Bangor Street, head injuries; Mrs. M. A, Baynes, Proctor Street, head and leg Injuries; Mrs. C. E. Halsey, Innes Road, head and leg injuries; Mrs. L. Duns, Bangor Street, injuries to the face. All but Mrs. Duns, who was able to go home after treatment, were admitted to hospital.