CAUGHT ON CROSSING
TRAIN STRIKES LORRY MOTOB DRIVER JUMPS CLEAR (Far Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Nov. 9. A sensational accident, fortunately not attended by fatal consequences, occurred at the Stirling railway crossing this evening, when the express from the South collided with a one-ton lorry loaded with merchandise and other articles. The motor vehicle was badly damaged, but the driver, who saw the train, but whose brakes failed to act, managed to jump clear in the nick of time. Included in the lorry’s freight was a blacksmith’s anvil. Had this fallen on the line, the express might easily have been derailed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19994, 10 November 1927, Page 7
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