FATAL COLLISION.
WHARF LABOURER KILLED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) lIAWERA, Monday. William Hansen, of Patea, a wharf labourer, aged about 55, was killed instantly on the Manawpou River Bridge* shortly before- noon to-day, when a motor cycle he was riding collided with a ear driven) by a Maorijf 1 Rowe, of Patea, who was to Ha went with two companions. Rowe states that his car on the bridge and stopped sen approached from the other end: Hansen seemed to lose control of his cycle, swerving and striking a mudguard of the car. Hansen was thrown against the metal bodywork, receiving terrible head injuries. Hansen was returning alone to Patea from Teroti, near Ilawera, where he had spent the week-end with his wife.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 7 April 1931, Page 4
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