FATAL INJURIES
CAR OVER BANK
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, April 9,
A woman was killed and a four-months-old child which she was holding in her arms escaped injury when the car in which they were travelling left the road and rolled down a 50----foot bank above Whakatane, on the Ohope Road, today. The victim was Mrs. Ivy Gladys O'Brien, aged 41, wife of Mr. Leslie O'Brien, sharemilker, Otakiri.
Josephine O'Brien, aged 13, had an arm broken. The party was returning from Ohope Beach, driven by Geffrey O'Brien, aged 16. He drew out to the edge of the road to pass another, car, but the car went over the bank. The car was badly damaged.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 83, 10 April 1939, Page 9
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114FATAL INJURIES Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 83, 10 April 1939, Page 9
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