LORRY STRIKES HORSE
ANIMAL KILLED INSTANTLY GIRL RIDER ESCAPES LIGHTLY [from our OWN correspondent] TE PUKE, Friday When her horse was struck and killed instantly by a cream lorry as she was riding to school along the old coach road, a schoolgirl, Lu Milson, aged 11. suffered abrasions to the leg, face and shoulder. After being attended by Dr. L. Randell she was ablo to return home. The driver of the lorry stated that as he was about to pass the horse a gust of wind blew a large piece of paper up under the animal's feet, causing it to plunge across the road in the path of the lorry. The girl was thrown between the horse and the lorry and was fortunate to escape so lightly.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23175, 22 October 1938, Page 12
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127LORRY STRIKES HORSE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23175, 22 October 1938, Page 12
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