ACCIDENT AT NUKUHOU
CAR AND CYCLE COLLIDE
YOUNG MAN'S LEG BROKEN
As a result of a collision between a motor car and a bicycle near the Nukuhou School some days ago the rider of the bicycle received a badly fractured leg and Avas admitted to the Opotiki hospital,, where his condition is steadily improving.
The cyclist, Donald Frederick McMasters, aged 18„ whose parents re-* side in Auckland, was turning his bicycle from Dinsdale Road into the main Whakatane -Opot ik i highway when lie became involved in a collision" with ' a'motor car travelling in the 1 direction of»Waimana s and driven by 'Mr Alexander of Cambridge, who was accompanied by his wife.
Mr ; McMasters. was. seriously injured and his bicycle completely wrecked. The car was only slightly damaged and the occupants escaped unhurt but-suffered from shock. After, reeeivifrig attention on the roadside f 10m. Dr. H. Mail who went to the; scene of the accident from Opotiki,. the injured cyclist was placed on a light truck and brought to the' Opotiki Hospital.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 92, 21 July 1944, Page 5
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172ACCIDENT AT NUKUHOU Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 92, 21 July 1944, Page 5
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