FOUR CHILDREN HURT.
SCHOOL BUS CAPSIZES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) UH KTSTCHLUCH, Monday. A school bus containing about 30 children capsized near Cheviot to-day. The bus was travelling north along Sinclair's Road, about three miles aD<i a half from Cheviot, when it suddenly left the road and capsized, rolling over twice a,nd coming to rest on its side. It is not known how the accident was caused. The driver was unhurt. Four children were injured, l'ctcr Loc-hhead liad an arm broken and was admitted to the Christcfourcli Hospital. Freda Lochliead suffered concussion, June E"1 ott suffered a scalp wound, and Travis Barnes was cut on one leg. Peter Locihiiead was the only one admitted to hospital. The bus service for the Cheviot school has been in operation for 17 years, and this is the first mishap.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 143, 18 June 1940, Page 10
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