ACCIDENT AT CROSSING.
TRAIN STRIKES A GIG.
DRIVER IN CRITICAL STATE
[Bf TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
CHRISTCHURCH. Friday.
Serious injuries were sustained by Mr. Robert Breeze, the driver of a horse and gig, when his vehicle was struck by a train at the level crossing at Templeton this evening. Mr. Breeze was taken to hospital, and his condition is critical. The train was a special goods train from Culverden to Christchurch. Apparently Mr. Breeze did not see it as he approached the crossing. The engine struck a wheel of the vehicle and swept ifc over the cattle-stops down the lino for a distance of 30yds. The driver was carried with it some distance and then thrown clear of the rails. He suffered severe injuries to the bead and body.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20490, 15 February 1930, Page 10
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