SEQUEL TO COLLISION
WOMAN DRIVER FINED RECOVERY OF VICTIM (l’er Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. As a- sequel to a sensational accident in Parnell on July 7, when two cars collided, and Mr. Robert Burns, who was a passenger in one, had his neck pierced by a steel curtain rod, the driver of one car, Annette Thorne George, was prosecuted to-day on a charge of negligent driving and failing to give way. The police withdrew the first charge, and the defendant pleaded guilty to the second. Her counsel said the facts were less serious than might appear. Mr. Burns had been discharged from hospital. The degree of negligence should not he judged by the extent, of the man’s injuries. The defendant was fined £2 and costs. Mr. Burns made a remarkable recovery. Before lie could be taken to hospital the rod had to lie sawn from the base by a hacksaw. At the hospital the rest of the rod was withdrawn by a surgeon, and a tube inserted to enable him to breathe meanwhile.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18204, 27 September 1933, Page 8
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