CAR SKIDS ON BRIDGE
SOMERSAULT OFF ROAD DRIVER SUFFERS INJURIES The Marakeke bridge, six miles south ol Waipukurau, was the scene Of a motor accident recently, when a car driven bv Mr. Andrew Wilson, aged 42. single of Ghuznee street, Wellington, careered oft the road alter negotiating the bridge, .striking a small bank, it turned completely over and finished up on its sue against the fence on the left, 30 yds away. ... The driver, who was travelling from Wellington alone, tell out oi the car before it came to rest, and as the vehicle turned over the rear wheel pinned him to the ground. Fortunately, Mr. Wilson's injuries were not so serious as at lust imagined. He received concussion abrasions, bruises and "its and although he was in a serious condition, the hospital authorities advised that he was making steady irogress.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19759, 13 October 1938, Page 7
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141CAR SKIDS ON BRIDGE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19759, 13 October 1938, Page 7
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