Accidents in the Cooks
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r I ''HREE serious acidents one fatal,,l occurred in the Cook Islands inn November-December.
Kaimana Anguna, aged 3 years, wasej struck and killed by a car driven by Mm Jim Price, while playing on the road atU Tupapa, Rarotonga.
An Aitutaki youth named Mareko wasaj struck on the head by a falling boomer as passengers were disembarking fromr the Charlotte Donald. He fell overboard,! where he immediately sank. A mam named Taringa Tamaka dived in andb undoubtedly saved his life.
At Black Rock, Rarotonga, Tuaine Elia,£ illegally fishing with dynamite, had hisi right hand blown off. His forearm was* later amputated. This accident was the* occasion of a stern warning by the Chiefs of Police that his department intended) 1 to stamp out dynamite fishing.