MOTORING ACCIDENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17877, 25 November 1929, Page 5

MOTORING ACCIDENTS.

FALL FROM A LORRY. LITTLE BOY INJURED. (Special to Times.) MORIIINSVILLE, Morni iv. As the Morrinsville B cricket team wore proceeding In a lorry to Wahai’oa 1.-. finish their match there, the clour of lliv nrry flew open, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott, a' boy some ■> years old, who was accompanying .'is father to file mulch, fell out. The lorry was going at full speed, and it is a miracle that the boy was not killed. When picked up he was unconscious and had some nasty cuts in the head.

RAN OVER A BANK.

TWO LADIES BADLY BRUISED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) GISBORNE, Monday. Four occupants escaped serious injury, but two ladies were badly bruised and shaken vvhdn a > care driven by Eincar Thompson, of Motu stalled on a sleep hill and ran back over a 30ft. hank. The car was badly damaged. FATALITY AT OHURA. INQUEST ON THE VICTIM. tßy Telcpraoh — Press Association. 1 TAUMARUNUI, Monday. At an inquest on Hugh Carlyle Black, who was killed in a motoring accident at Ohura on Friday, a verdict of accidental death, no blamo being attachable to anyone, was returned.

CAR OVERTURNB. SEVEIRAL PEOPLE INJURED. CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. A motor-car overturned as a result of a skid on loose shingle yesterday. Desmond John Pidgeon, son of the owner of the ear, Mr W. L. Pidgeon, received serious injury. Two fingers were cut off and he may also lose his thumb. Only bruises and shock were suffered by two 'other passengers- Mr Pidgeon had his hands cut in breaking the windows to extricate his family. Mrs Pidgeon suffered badly from shock. One of her stockings was burnt off by acid from the battery.

CAR OVER A BANK. TRAVELLER FRACTURES SHOULDER OPOTIKI, Saturday. Two Auckland travellers, Messrs Roglson and Tarleton, met with a motor accident to-day after leaving Opotiki for Whakatane. Th'e car suddenly skidded and swerved into a tree, then going over a bank with a drop of 15 feet. Mr Tarleton had his shoulder fractured.