CRASH INTO TRUCK
MOTOR-CYCLIST KILLED COMPANION BADLY HURT CHRISTCHURCH ACCIDENT [.RY TELEGRAPH —PRESB ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH. Fridas As the result of a motor-cycle accident this afternoon Otto Robert White, aged 17, son of Mr. Otto C. White, a hairdresser, of New Brighton, the rider of the machine, was killed, and hin companion, Francis Beardsley, aged 18, of Lonsdale Street, New Brighton, who was pillion-riding, was badly injured. The accident happened in Page's Road, the motor-cycle the youths were riding crashing into the rear of a carrier's truck, owned by Mr. E. L. Smith and driven by Mr. William Anderson Barclay.
White suffered severe head injuries and died within a few minutes of the accident. His companion was admitted to hospital.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22166, 20 July 1935, Page 12
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