TRUCK OVERTURNS
Three Occupants Admitted To Hospital
TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED
By Telegraph—Press Association
AUCKLAND, December 28. Two youths and a boy were admitted io Auckland Hospital tonight, two with serious injuries, as the result ot an accident at Brown’s -Bay "’Jien a light truck overturned on a steep hill 'on the road leading to the bay. Another young man was taken to hospital but was allowed to return home after being treated in the casualty department. Three other passengers on the truck were not hurt. Those injured were:
Anderson, Ernest A., aged 19. Takapumi. concussion and a possible fracture of the skull; condition serious. I Mnrkley-Lowrie. Leonard Verdun. aged 18. Milford, injury to back and arm : condition serious. Hunter. Phillip Napier, aged 12. Balmoral, possible fracture of the arm and severe shock; condition not serious. Howe, Duncan Kenneth, aged 20, .Takapuiiu, injuries to a leg.
The truck, which was driven by Ernest Anderson, contained seven people, some riding in the cab and some on the back of the vehicle, and all were going to Brown's Bay for a bathe. ■When descending the steep hill leading to the bay ,the truck became out of control, swerving to the right side of the road and capsizing on striking the bank.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 81, 29 December 1938, Page 5
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208TRUCK OVERTURNS Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 81, 29 December 1938, Page 5
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