SERIOUSLY HURT
CAPSIZE OF A TRAILER
(By Telegraph—i'ress Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day,
Pinned under a load of kauri logs after a motor-trailer had capsized >at Glen Eden this morning, Daniel Baker, aged 17, a Maori, of.New Lynn, was rushed to hospital in his own truck. He was immediately operated on, his arm being amputated. He is also suffering from serious head injuries and concussion, and his condition is serious. -■..'■
Baker was employed by his father, a cartage contractor. Driving the lorry and trailer, he met another truck on the-Waikauku Road. There was little room for the trucks to.pass, and when the wheel of Baker's truck left the crown of the road the-trailer capsized and'pinned him underneath.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 128, 1 June 1937, Page 11
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