MOTORIST RILLED.
CAPSIZE IN CREEK.
BODY HELD IN WRECKAGE,
rRIEND ESCAPES INJURY.
(By Telegraph.—Special to "Star. , ; DARGAVILLE, tliie day. A Mangatu farmer, Mr. Hugh Turner, was killed when hi 3 car capsized into a creek near Donnelly's Crossing this morning. His companion, a Mr. Foster, escaped injury. It is believed that Mr. Turner was learning to drive the car. The accident was discovered about an hour after it happened. Mr. Foster was extricated, but the car had practically to be taken to pieces to get Mr. Turner's body out. It was found that his neck was broken.
Mr. Turner was a well-known farmer at Mangatu. He was a married man with eight children.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 304, 26 December 1933, Page 3
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