CAPSIZE INTO GULLY

Northern Advocate, 8 April 1931, Page 3

CAPSIZE INTO GULLY

FARMER'S NECK BROKEN. [VEHICLE SMASHED. (Special to “Northern Advocate.") CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday. A tragic motor fatality occurred on the Horahora—Maungatautari Road late yesterday afternoon, when a wellknown Horahora farmer, Mr Alfred William Head, a married man, aged- 54 years, was killed. He broke his neck as the result of a light delivery truck he was driving skidding in loose metal and capsizing down a steep gully. Mr Head was travelling with his wife, son and several others, who were returning home from a picnic ah Okoroirc. When they reached a spot about 10 miles from Cambridge, the vehicle, in rounding a sharp corner, swung out wide, skidded in • sand and loose metal, and went over the side. Jt somersaulted several times in its descent into the gully. Mr Head was thrown clear, but it was immediately seen that he was gravely injured. He died within a few minutes. C Mrs Head and her son, George Leslie Head, were badly shaken, but otherwise were uninjured. The vehicle was badly smashed. The deceased was born in Berkshire, England, and with hie wife came out to New Zealand 24' years ago. He settled in Devonport, but tqok up farming at Horahora in 1916. He had resided there ever since. He leaves a wife and family of five. An inquest is to be held.