TRUCK OVER BANK
DRIVER RECEIVES uiM l -MN’ 'u> Telegraph—Press Association TAI H APE, February 16. Tlie second accident in three months in which an artillery ti .«k lias been involved occurieu six miles from Taihape last evening The lorry was returning to \Yasouru Camp when a leak developed 111 a rear tyre. The driver decided to turn hack lor repairs, but the *.ru-k then left the mad crashing ft down a bank. The driver. Sergeant H. Uille'pu . aged 25, Duncan Street, Wai East, received concussion and wav. admitted to the Taihapt Hospital, and his companion. Private \Y. T. (’oilerton. Taihape. received slight, injuries to hi s back. He was aM. to return to his home. Tlie sc* were *ho only occupants of the lorry. Tin* truck was badly damaged
Gillespie's condition this morning was reported to b< satisfactory.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14070, 17 February 1939, Page 5
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