TRUCK CAPSIZES
ONE BOY KILLED BROTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, June 16. One boy was killed and another seriously injured in a motor accident at the intersection in Opotiki this afternoon, The victims were; Killed Charles Joseph Donaldson, aged seven. Injured Thomas Arthur Donaldson, aged nine. Mr T. Donaldson, the father of the boys, swung a truck he was driving sharply to the right in an attempt to avoid a collision with a car driven by Mr J. R. Washburn, agent, of Hamilton but the vehicle overturned, and his sons, who were with him in the cab, were thrown to the road. The younger boy was crushed by the body o the truck and killed instantly. The other was extricated suffering from a lacerated scalp wound and concussion.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24326, 17 June 1940, Page 8
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131TRUCK CAPSIZES Otago Daily Times, Issue 24326, 17 June 1940, Page 8
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