NARROW ESCAPE
ACCIDENT AT TE TEKO I ■ r CAR OVERTURNS ON BEND A narrow escape from serious injury was experienced by two serving Territorials on their way from Auckland to Whakatane on Wednesday night. Turning a bend on the Te Teko-Whakatane main road, near the Galatea turn-off, the car, a large sedan, struck a ridge of loose metal mounded near the side of the road. The car swerved and overturned into a drain. Though all windows were shattered the occupants -escaped with a shaking and minor bruises.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 221, 4 October 1940, Page 4
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87NARROW ESCAPE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 221, 4 October 1940, Page 4
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