BABY’S AMAZING ESCAPE
Paul Collins, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L V. Collins, Spring Creek, Blenheim, can lay claim to having been born tough. When a truck laden with about two tons of coal backed over him at his home all he had to show for it was the imprint of a tyre tread from his left leg right across the body to the right shoulder, and a few bruises. Left indoors while his mother went outside to direct the coalman, the child followed unnoticed and crawled beneath the vehicle. The horrified mother saw the wheel of the truck pass over him. and took him to hospital. The youngster was discharged after an extensive examination had disclosed no injuries.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22888, 7 March 1949, Page 4
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