MOTOR LORRY CAPSIZES
THREE PERSONS INJURED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Dec. 14
Three people were injured, two seriously, when a motor-lorry loaded with fish capsized over a bank on the road between Riuuvai and Dargaville, near the Tokatoka deviation, into the dry portion of the be<l of the Northern Wairoa River shortly before midnight to-night. They were Colin McDonald aged about 30, a fisherman, and his wife and their child, aged five. The three people were pinned beneath the vehicle, the two elder people •being seriously injured. At a late hour this evening they were still unconscious. Fortunately the tide was out as the spot where the vehicle landed is covered with several feet of water at high tide. The occupants were extricated almost immediately by three men who were in a car following. The injured people were taken by”an ambuanco to the Northern AVairoa hospital.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 15 December 1931, Page 5
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146MOTOR LORRY CAPSIZES Hawera Star, Volume LI, 15 December 1931, Page 5
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