ACCIDENT AT CROSSING
TRUCK STRUCK BY TRAIN. DRIVER’S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. (■By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND. Thursday. A motor-truck driven by a married man named .Buckley (on his first job after being a long time unemployed) was struck by an inward-bound train at the Avondale level crossing this morning. The driver had an astonishing escape, being thrown clear of the truck and picked up 20 yards away covered with wreckage. His Injuries were not serious. The locomotive was damaged and was unable to continue its journey.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17886, 5 December 1929, Page 5
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