Man Killed When Lorry Skids

Northern Advocate, 30 July 1938, Page 4

Man Killed When Lorry Skids

f Special to “Northern AdrocobV’j TAUMARUNUI. This Day. A middle-aged man who was standing in front ol a stationary vehicle on the road near the National Park station yesterday .afternoon was • killed instantly when another motor lorry skidded in liie snow and hit him. The victim was: — Mr Harold Lc Prou, aged 38. married. a contractor, of National Park. The accident occurred on the Tokannu Road, between the station and the Igmont factory mill. Mr Le Prou was driving from the mill to the station about ?> o’clock when he was involved in a collision with a motor car driven, by Mr Brian Wilson, of the Native Lands Department, Hokianga. An occupant of the car, Mr R. R. G. Scarle, of Kohukohu. Hokianga, received head injuries, and had to receive medical attention. Mr Le Prou. who was not injured in the collision, stepped out of the lorry and was standing in front of the radiator when a truck driven by his brother. Mr Basil Le Prou, rounded a bend. The lorry skidded, and the back portion struck Mr Harold Le Prou. pinning him against his own lorry.