THROWN FROM CAR
UNIVERSIT Y - STUDENT KILLED. . .Dominion Special. I Auckland, December ?">. i -A motor-car fatality occurred on Mas- ■ sey Road.; Otaliiihu, on Friday. evening. the victim being Douglas McLean (aged | 20), Training College student, who attended the Auckland University College He was riding on the running hoard of a motor-car. when the car swerved in avoiding a motor-bus. and McLean was thrown off. He sustained severe injuries-to the head, also a- fracture of the -thigh, and died shortly after admission to hospital. . McLean, who lived with his unde I . . Mr. R... King, nt Otahnh-i... was a promising athlete and cricketer, and in the -.seholastic- world his achievements were also good, he having gained a scholar- ! ship at the university.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 10
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161THROWN FROM CAR Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 10
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