DANGER TO CYCLISTS
TOWING BEHIND MOTORS MASTERTON BOY'S DEATH . \ ■ . :: -y fBY TKLKCRAPH-TPRESS ASSOCIATION] MASTERTON*. Friday. The extremely dangerous practice of cyclists in towing behind motorvehicles was commented on by., ft® coroner, Mr. E. G. Eton, at an inquest to-day into the death of Basil Raymond Lang, aged 14, who died in the Master, ton Hospital on Thursday night from injuries "received when lie was struck by a motor-lorry near Clareville taw afternoon. The victim had suddenly veered out from behind a petrolwaggon, to which ho had been holding, and crashed head-on into a laden transport lorry coming in the other direction. A verdict.of accidental death was returned .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22262, 9 November 1935, Page 12
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