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ACCIDENT ON HUTT ROAD. By Ttl«crapn—Press Assoc'. WELLINGTON, April 6. Serious injury was suffered by two riders of a motor-cycle which came into collision with a motor car driven by Canon Percival James, Vicar of St. Paul’s, on the Hutt Road this afternoon. Those injured are:— Miss Irene Higgins, 169 Tasman Street, a reader in the Government Printing Office, severe fracture of the base of the skull and abrasions. John David Buckley, 190 Tinakori Road, railway fireman, serious head injuries, and fracture of the right foot. The motor-cycle, which was driven by Buckley, was coming towards the city from Hutt, and the motor car, was going from Wellington. The vehicles were at Kaiwarra when the accident occurred. Both Buckley and Miss Higgins were unconscious when picked up. Canon James, driver of the car, was unhurt. The two injured were removed to hospital in the Free Ambulance. Late to-night neither had regained consciousness.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18845, 7 April 1931, Page 13
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