Man hit by bag
Nelson reporter An elderly man who collapsed in Trafalgar Street, Nelson, on Monday after he had been struck by a woman’s handbag, , died on the way to hospital. He was Harold Herbert Atkinson, aged 77, of 33 Tosswell Road, Nelson. The police in Nelson were yesterday continuing their inquiries into the incident, in which a young woman was involved." According to onlookers, as Mr. Atkinson was walking past a young woman she threw a shoe
at him, When he tried ta, return the shoe, she ‘ struck him with her hand- I bag- | Later Mr Atkinson coD | lapsed in the office of the • Nelson Permanent Build-'! ing Society, He died on! the way to hospital. j In the meantime, thej young woman resisted the ; efforts of the public to re-i| strain her.. She was later i found by the) police near • the Bank of New I South Wales. She has I been committed to Ngaw-> ■ hatu Hospital under the j terms of the" Mental : Health Act.
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