MOTOR CAR CAPSIZED.
FATALITY NEAR, DIPTON
(BY telegraph—press association.) INVERCARGILL, April 7. Particulars of the fatal motor capsize near Dipton on Tuesday afternoon show that the car was driven by Thomas Price, farmer, of Benniore. It skidded, in loose gravel and capsized. Price and Alexander McKenzie were pinned beneath, and the latter’s head was crushed, death being practically instantaneous. Price sustained severe head injuries and was removed to the hospital, in a- grave condition. John Murphy, another occupant, escaped with broken ribs and facial cuts. *"• Deceased was top years works loreman at Bluff, and left yesterday to assist in harvesting on his nephew s farm.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 April 1926, Page 9
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