U.S. SOLDIER FATALLY INJURED
MARINE CORPS TRUCK’S PLUNGE DOWN HILL (P.A.) TAIHAPE, June 11. When a truck belonging to the United States Marine Corps left Ellis road, Taihape. last, night and crashed down a step hillside 200 feet, turning over several times, an American serviceman was fatally injured, and died at the Taihape Hospital this morning. He suffered a fracture of the base of his skull, and laceration of the brain. Another American - serviceman, driver of the truck, is in a serious condition with a fracture of the spine and internal injuries. A third serviceman was unhurt. The police and two doctors arrived promptly, and the men were carried with extreme difficulty up the steep slope to the ambulance.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23972, 12 June 1943, Page 4
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