YOUNG BOY KILLED
■ " W • — Frightened By Car, Ran Into Motor-Lorry fa" ii r.iii The death OGcutred in the Napier Public Hospital yesterday afternoon of Francis William Eleetwood, aged four, who was struck by a motor-lorry in Waghorne street, Porfc Ahuriri, on Tuesday afterhoom TliO child was rOmoved td the hospital in a serious condition, and His death rCsulted from tho injuries receive.d abont 24 Hours after* The sinail boy, son Of Mr and Mr« F. EleetwoodA Fort Ahuriri, had beeh tq a stofe ih Waghorne street to buy sweets and, al'ter waiting for a bus fo pass, left. the footpath and rau out across the l'oad. He Was narrowiy jnissed. by a nibtor-ear driven by Dr. H. F. Bernau, who was forded to bi'alio violently# Apparently startled by' this escape the boy rau on and struck the side of a motor-lorry driven by Mr W. I-lughes, of Rissington. Treatment Was given by Dr. Bernau, and the child removed to the Hospital in the ambulance. An inquest will be ojjened to-morrow morning. ■ - I
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 182, 19 August 1937, Page 4
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