CAR BLOWN OFF ROAD.
ACCIDENT DURING GALE.
INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS
MOTOR DAMAGED EXTENSIVELY,
"BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN* CORRESPONDENT.] PALMEKSTON NORTH. Thursday.
Through their motor-car being blown of! the road by a high wind, Mr. and Mrs. J. A Cooksley, had an unenviable experience. The accident happened near the intersection ■ of River Bank Road and- the Old Wellington Road, Fitzherbert. Mr. Cooksley had negotiated a right angle bend safely, but, caught by the gale a few chains on the Palmerston North side of the turn, he found it-impossible to keep the car on the road, as the wind was coming down the gully with great force. The car went over the side of the road into the creek, Mrs. Cooksley being thrown into the windscreen and receiving serious cuts on the face, which involved subsequent surgical attention. She was removed to the hospital, where an examination revealed the probability of a I broken leg also.
Mr. Cooksley had a knee injured, The car was damaged extensively
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20903, 19 June 1931, Page 10
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164CAR BLOWN OFF ROAD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20903, 19 June 1931, Page 10
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