CAR SOMERSAULTS
DRIVER SUFFERS CONCUSSION By Telegraph —Press Association WELLINGTON. December 20 Although the body of a large sedan motor-car which somersaulted and crashed into a fence on the Hutt Road in the early hours of this morning was smashed almost to pieces, the four passengers escaped without injury except for minor cuts from flying glass. The driver, C. D. Macdonald, accountant, Island Bay, was taken to hospital suffering from concussion, a scalp wound, and abrasions to the face and hands. It is believed that a tyre punctured and the driver lost control. The car swerved on to the cycle track, rolled over for 25 yards and then crashed into the wooden fence protecting the railway line, smashing five posts.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20606, 21 December 1936, Page 8
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120CAR SOMERSAULTS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20606, 21 December 1936, Page 8
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