CYCLIST HURT.
“ Hit and Run ” Motorist Blamed. SKID MARKS ON ROAD. A “ hit-and-run ” motorist is thought to be responsible for an accident near the Bower bridge early this morning, resulting in the admission of Mr William Lidgett, of New Brighton, to the Christchurch Public Hospital, with head injuries. His condition is, however, not serious. The man who found Mr Lidgett lying at the side of the road states that Mr Lidgett told him at the time that the car concerned was a small cream-coloured one. Mr Lidgett was lying on the left-hand side of the road on the New Brighton side of the bridge, with his bicycle close by. Skid marks, apparently those of a motor-car, were in evidence up to the spot where Mr Lidgett was lying. The spokes were knocked out of the back wheel of the bicycle, indicating that it had not been a simple fall from the bicycle which had caused his injuries. Mr Lidgett’s clothes were not torn to any extent. He was taken to the hospital by the St John Free Ambulance.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 938, 7 December 1933, Page 11
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178CYCLIST HURT. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 938, 7 December 1933, Page 11
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