COLLISION ON BRIDGE.
MOTOR-LORRY AND CAR.
DRIVER SEVERELY INJURED. [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] DAEGAVILLE, Wednesday. A violent collision occurred to-day between a motor-lorry driven by Mr. Henry Neill, carrier, and a large seven-seater sedan car driven by Mr. Herman Pickard, taxi-proprietor. Sir. Neill sustained severe injuries to his head through being struck by splintered glass from the windscreen, but Mr. Pickard escaped injury. The mishap occurred on the Awakino Bridge at the Dargaville Borough boundary. it was raining very heavily at the time. The foreparts of both vehicles were considerably damaged, Both were practically new, the sedan being valued at about £7OO. Unfortunately for the ownc it was not insured, and his loss will be heavy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20244, 2 May 1929, Page 12
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