Only a few bruises
NZPA-AAP London A boy aged four, escaped with only cuts and bruises after falling out of his father’s motor-cycle sidecar on an English motorway. The boy bounced along the motorway for several metres after being tossed out at about 80km/h, the Sun newspaper said. A motorist who saw the bizarre incident said: "I saw what looked like a ragged bundle bouncing along the road and realised it was a boy.” A police spokesman said it was not known if the boy had climbed out or was jolted out of the sidecar.
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Press, 7 August 1985, Page 10
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