Ball at Mangaia

Accident Follows Coronation Ball at Mangaia

SEVERAL people were injured in June when a truck got out of control following the Corona tion Ball at Mangaia, Cook Islands.

The ball was held in the Kaumata Hall and proved to be a most colourful function, lasting until midnight. A large truck returning

dancers to Ivirua village encountered trouble while ascending a steep rise and ran backwards out of control until brought to an abrupt halt by rocks. Many of its passengers were thrown out, several of them sustaining leg and head injuries.

White residents, in view of past accidents, are of the opinion that local drivers are apt to drive too recklessly and feel that stricter measures should be adopted to en force more responsible driving of

motor vehicles.-

E.G.