FATAL COLLISION
TWO LIGHT TRUCKS
DRIVER DIES OF INJURIES OTHER IN SERIOUS CONDITION (By Telegraph.—Press Association) DARGAVILLE, Wednesday As the result of a collision between two light trucks at a road intersection near Maungaturoto cream factory at seven o’clock on Monday morning, during a slight fog, the drivers of both vehicles were admitted to the public hospital in a serious condition, and one died last night. He was— Mr William Grant, of Maungaturoto, aged 52, married, with three children. The other driver is not yet removed from the seriously ill list. He was— Mr John Tomlinson, of Matakana, aged 50. Both were experienced drivers. Mr Grant was driving a baker’s can at the time of the accident. Mr Tomlinson is a grader driver in the Public Works Department. There were no other occupants of the vehicles. Both drivers were thrown heavily on to the road and Mr Grant suffered spinal injuries.
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Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21534, 24 September 1941, Page 6
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151FATAL COLLISION Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21534, 24 September 1941, Page 6
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