Downhill Charge of Runaway Bulldozer
(Per Press Association.) NELSON, April 17. In an unusual accident Robert Strain, aged 25, single, an employee of the Public Works Department, was killed by a trailer which broke loose from a truck on the Annesbrook overhead bridge. The parents of deceased reside in Kaikoura. Ttvo women in a parked car had a narrow escape. The motor lorry was towing tbe trailer with a bulldozer on it and when nearing the top of the Annesbrook incline the bolt coupling the drawbar on to the truck apparently snapped aud the trailer carrying the bulldozer started oil' down the incline. Str&hl, who was sitting in the cabin of the truck, dashed off in pursuit of the trailer with tbe object of applying the separate brake on the trailer. He was observed to attempt to jump on the trailer but apparently slipped and was struck and killed. The car containing tbe two women had pulled up at the foot of the incline to allow tbe truck and trailer to pass and the terrified occupants saw the heavily laden trailer charging towards them. Just iu time the trailer swuug round and careered into a paddock where it came to a stop.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 93, 20 April 1945, Page 4
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202Downhill Charge of Runaway Bulldozer Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 93, 20 April 1945, Page 4
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