CAR STRUCK POLE.
Occupants Have Narrow Escape.
Three young men had a remarkable escape from injury when a five-seater motor-car in which they were driving crashed into an iron telegraph pole on Yaldhurst Road early this morning. The pole was torn from the ground and imbedded in the radiator of the car, while the engine was forced back under the windscreen.
The motorists were proceeding south, and when thev were approaching Avonhead Road the driver was obliged to swerve to avoid some straying cattle. Before the swerve could be corrected the car jumped the side channel, proceeded for some distance along the footpath and struck the pole. The pole was dislodged from its position and bent at an angle of about 45 degrees. The car was extensivelv damaged, the engine being badly smashed. The wind screen was broken and the seats were wrenched from their positions. The occupants of the car suffered only a few minor cuts and abrasions.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20331, 14 June 1934, Page 4
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159CAR STRUCK POLE. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20331, 14 June 1934, Page 4
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