CYCLIST KILLED
Accident at Street Corner CRASHED INTO MOTOR-CAR ■. . I ■ By Telegraph—Press 'Association. Auckland, December 13. Fatal injuries were received by a cyclist, William Lovell, aged 22, of Dominion Road, when his machine collided with the rear of a motor-car at the corner of Orakei Road this morning. Lovell was returning along the drive after a spin to Mission Bay He was riding a new racing bicycle and a friend was , riding another bicycle some distance behind. As Lovell reached the corner a car driven by Mrs. Raymond Sheath came on to the drive. The car was turning-to the right, and the cyclist endeavoured to pass behind it.
Lovell's bicycle struck the rear part of the car with considerable force, and he was thrown, directly against the car. He was picked up with extensive head injuries and he died within a few minutes. Mrs. Sheath and her two children, who were in the car, were not injured. The mudguard on the car was buckled and one of the rear windows was broken. The front part of the bicycle was smashed. Lovell lived with his widowed mother and was employed as a clerk in the Auckland Transport Board office.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 68, 14 December 1931, Page 12
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