DRIVER INJURED

Waikato Independent, Volume XLIII, Issue 3964, 6 March 1944, Page 2

DRIVER INJURED

HARE THROUGH WIND-SCREEN ATTEMPTS LEAP OVER CAR f i An extraordinary accident! occurred on_ the Roio-o-rangi[ Road at a corner past the\ school, on Saturday morning 1 last, when a large-sized hare, in I attempting to' leap over a car, \ crashed through the wind- j screen and .fell dead on the I floor of the car by the driver, j Mr C. J. Bennett, of Kairangi, was] (the driver-owner if the car, a [Chevrolet sedan, and he sustained cuts to the eyelids and about 'hej face. I The accident occurred about 9.30 when Mr Bennett was coming to Cambridge. He was travelling slowly, having just negotiated the corner when he was surprised to see the hare apear in mid-air above the bonnet of the car and coming straight towards him. He closed his eyes and pushed on the break. The next instant there wa> a crush and when Mr. Bennett recovered from the shock the hare was lying on the bottom of the car dead, and blood was streaming from the driver's face.v. There was plenty of evidence of tMs when the "Independent" representative saw Mr Bennett, v ,i', Such was the? impact that the wind screen (not shatterless) was smashed for over'i half its' length. A natural impulse, it was fortunate that the driver closed his eyes, or he might have been blinded by the flying glass. When we saw Mr Bennett after first aid treatment in Cambridge, he had several pieces of plaster covering the cuts of his face. It was also fortunate that he had the presence of mind to promptly apply the brakes of the car. Value of Shatterless Glass. This accident clearly demonstrates the value of shatterless glass in the windscreen of any car. Mr Bennett's car is an earlier model before this particular kind of windscreen was adopted in the. modern cars of to-day.