IMPALED ON RAILING
UNUSUAL CAR MISHAP. DEFENCE OFFICER INJURED. (By Telegraph—Presa Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 8
A remarkable accident occurred at the foot .of Haektliorn Road, Cashmere Hills, this evening when a motorcar containing four men .carried away a heavy wooden post and rail fence and dived over a 16ft. bank. The 'car was impaled upon a section of the three-inch railing .which pierced the radiator and body work of the vehicle from end to end. The car landed on its side in a right-of-way at, the foot of the slope. Only one occupant was seriously injured. Captain F. Bowen, Sumner, an officer .of the Defence Department, had to have his right leg amputated. The others escaped with slight injuries.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 9 January 1930, Page 5
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