Fiji Governor’S Narrow
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Escape
117HILE Sir Ronald and Lady TT Garvey were returning to Suva, via Queens Road, from a function on the other side of the island, late in July, they were in volved in a car accident.
Some 34 miles from Sigatoka the Governor’s car, driven by an aide, approached a one-car bridge as another car, travelling fast, came from the other direction, A head on collision appeared certain; but the aide, by swinging the official car to the extreme edge of the road —and at the same time striking a concrete post—managed to clear the other car by an inch or so.
Had the Governor’s car been struck it would almost certainly have gone over a steep bank into the river.
The other car did not stop, but was later traced by the Sigatoka police.
Their Excellencies went on in the official car, which was not badly damaged.