RACING CYCLIST INJURED
CRASHES INTO FENCE
(By Telegraph—Pref-s Association.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 10
Taking part in an amateur cycle race at the Basin Reserve last evening \Y. Doidge, aged 19, an engineer, crashed into a picket fence and was severely injured. He was taken to hospital, where an X-ray examination showed that his spine was fractured. At an early hour this morning his condition was reported to be serious. The accident happened during the filial lap m the mile open handicap at a meeting staged by the Port Nicholson Amateur Road Cycling Club. The riders were spread out and at the bend before the turn into the straight they had about 220 yards to go in order to reach the finishing line. Doidge, who had been edged over toward the picket fence by two swerves and spills ahead of him, struck the fence with considerable force.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 10 February 1931, Page 9
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