PINNED BENEATH LORRY.
INJURED DRIVER'S PLIGHT, MOTOR GOES OVER A BANK. [BY TEL2GRAPH.— OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WHANG AREI. Friday. At about five o'clock last night Mr. William Renner, aged 42 years, was driving a motor-truck containing cream and the mail up a steep hill at Helena Bay. 16 miles from Hikurangi. The vehicle was unable to negotiate the top, owing to the weight to Lc pulled. At this critical moment the brakes refused to act and the truck commenced to go backwards. It turned over a fairly steep bank and Mr. Renner was pinned underneath. He was found in this position between seven and eight o'clock, and after being extricated was taken to the home of Mr. Hayes. A doctor was summoned and the ambulance was sent out. It arrived at the house before daylight this morning and the injured man was immediately conveyed to the Whangarei Hospital.
Mr. Renner received a number of cuts about the face and minor injuries to the legs, and also sustained a fracture of the collarbone and ribs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19187, 28 November 1925, Page 10
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