CRASH INTO SHEEP
TIIIKTY-SE VEN KILLED TRUCK OUT OF CONTROL NEW PLYMOUTH. Bth December. Crashing through a flock of sheep ancl lambs, a motor-truck on the inland north road somersaulted twice before coming to rest against a fence this afternoon. . Havoc was wrought among the flock. 3" of which were killed. The driver of the truck had if remarkable escape r.'oin injury. The accident happened near the Tikorrngi Dairy Company's factory, which lies in a dip in tire road. Turning a corner on the road, a contracting employee. Mr G. Bunn, came unexpectedly upon the sheep and the truck, which was empty, struck one animal. This threw the vehicle about, The driver was unable to maintain control and the truck swerved across the road through the Mock of sheep before it came to rest on its wheels against a fence on the opposite side of the road. The cab of the truck was damaged extensively, but the vehicle could have been dr .. . away under its own power had not the benzine escaped from the tank as th_' truck overturned. The road at the point where the mishap occurred was well marked with the evidence of the accident. The sheep, which were the property of Mr J. Sarten. of Tikorangi. consisted of a mob of about 20U and were being transferred from one farm to another by an employee.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 10 December 1938, Page 3
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228CRASH INTO SHEEP Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 10 December 1938, Page 3
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