CAR CRASHES OVER BRIDGE
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WELLINGTON, Feb. S. >Si\ people, were injlired, oue fatally and oue very senously, when a ear craslied over a bridge into a tleep sewerage culvert on a branch road near Titahi Bay shortly after 5 p.iu. The occupants were: — lir. Frederick ' William Lewis Bourdot, of Grafton Jfoad, Ngaio, died 011 tvay t o hospital. .\lr>. LtJiel Jane Bourdot, wife of deceased, severn head and internal injuries. -M.r, Janies Alareus, 7 Crofton Itoad, Ngaio, head injuries and injured arni. Alrs. Constance .Marcus, wife of .\lr, JMarcus, head injuries. } vonne Alarcus, aged 11, daughter of ilr. and Al rs. Alarcus, injuries to shoulder. ■ iiiiie Alarcus, another daughter minor sraip wounds, treated and dis eharged. 'ihe injured were treated by two doctors and a staif nurse from the Porirua Alental Hospital before being taken to Wellington Hospital. 'Ihe ear dived o\er Ihe side of a small hridge, ending on its nose in mud ajul slinie al Ihe boltom of a deep sew erage culvert. The passengers were thrown violently for ward, Alr. Bourdot bein>- ci-ushed a^ainst the steerinp col uma of the ear.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 February 1948, Page 5
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187CAR CRASHES OVER BRIDGE Chronicle (Levin), 9 February 1948, Page 5
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