CYCLIST KILLED
STRUCK BY MOTOR-LORRY THROWN UPON THE HOOD ACCIDENT IN CANTERBURY [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION | ! ' CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday Struck by a half-ton lorry and thrown up on the hood, Mr. Christian Albert Hadlcr, labourer, aged 56 years, was killed on the Main North Road near Amberley on Saturday evening about 6.30 o'clock. Mr. Hadler was riding a bicycle between Glasnevin and Greeney's Road toward Amberley, when the lorry, which was travelling in the same direction, struck him, throwing him up on the hood, his head striking the windscreen. He then rolled off the hood, being killed immediately. The police and Dr. P. E. Starr, of Amberley, were called and the body was taken to Amberley. The lorry was driven by Mr. Frank Richard Coe. farmer, of Amberley. An inquest was opened to-day before Mr. H. A. Young, coroner, and was adjourned sine die after evidence of identification had been given by a brother, Mr. Herbert Horace Hadler.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22724, 10 May 1937, Page 8
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