MOTOR ACCIDENT
CAR GOES OVER BANK.
GISBORNE, Sunday,
On Saturday a Tiniroto service-car left the road and fell over a 100 feet after coming into collision with a passing truck on a slippery road.
Two of the five passengers were injured and wore brought to hospital in Gisborne. Mrs R. E. Barton (Ruakituri) suffered a badly crushed leg, and Raki Mauku head injuries. An ambulance travelled 140 miles ■through a storm in torrential rain, taking a circuitous route via Wairoa to avoid the main road, which was rendered impassable by the rain, and traversed flooded roads over a hill route. “(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 April 1935, Page 5
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