MOTOR LORRY MISHAP
COLLISION WITH BRIDGE. BLENHEIM, This Day. A dangerous creek bridge situated on the main Blenheim—Nelson highway near Okaratnio was the venue of a. nasty smash yesterday afternoon, when a motor lorry owned and driven by William Homan, of Nelson, collided with the bridge and left the road. Homan was proceeding from Blenheim to Nelson. Ho struck the right-hand side of the bridge, swerved to the other side, then smashed into a railway waggon,
turned sharply off the road and nosedived down ah eight-fecit bank, finally coining to a standstill on level ground. During the collision a piece of timber entered the front of the cab and struck Homan on the chest, causing aetious injury and fracturing some ribs.
A passenger named S. Ball, Jnn.,.;of GanVastown, had. a narrow eSeapej the piece of timber tote the back of the cab behind where he was gifting.,’ After being attended medically in Havelock, Homan was removed to the" Wairau Hospital.—Press Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 3 November 1927, Page 9
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