OUT OF CONTROL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 7, 10 January 1944, Page 4

OUT OF CONTROL

CAR CRASHES DOWN HILLSIDE FOUR WOMEN ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL (P.A.i Auckland, Jan. 9. Four women were admitted to Auckland Hospital this afternoon as a result of injuries received when the car in which they were travelling left the road on Piha Hill, leading down to the beach, and crashed 50 feet down the steep hillside into a gully. Before leaving the road the car struck an American serviceman who was standing on the side of the road, and he was taken to an American hospital. The driver of the car, J. Arthur, of Mount Eden, and two other women passengers escaped serious injury and were not admitted to hospital. The persons in hospital are: Mrs. Olive Florence Wolfe, aged 45. of Mount Eden hi scalp, concussion and injuries to back and a leg. Miss Audrey Leona Beagle, aged 23, of Helensville: Concussion, abrasions and possibly a fractured nose. Miss Kathleen Gertrude Shadlock, aged 24. of Belmont, Wellington: Concussion, abrasions, possible fracture of ribs and possible internal injuries. Miss Pauline Mildred Shadlock, aged 18, her sister, of the same address: Concussion and shock. The car was proceeding down the hill towards Piha Beach at noon when it. struck an American serviceman who was standing on the roadside repairing the punctured tyre of a vehicle. Soon after the serviceman was struck the car appeared Io become out of control. The vehicle overturned on its way down the hillside and came to rest on its wheels beside a creek. A party of American servicemen travelling behind the car rushed dowq the hillside and carried the occupants up, on to the road, where they performed first aid until the arrival of a doctor.