FATAL COLLISION
DEATJI OF SCHOOL BOY. (Per Press Association-r- Copyright.) PALMERSTON NORTH, June 29. A motor collision attended with fatal results, occurred this afternoon, near Bongo-sea,’ th e victim being a ' High School' boy, Wesley Buchanan, aged £7, son of R. A. Buchanan, postmaster, Kongo tea. Several boys and girls from Rongotea are driven .to school in Palmerston North each day, in a seven-seater !* (sl-i 1 , ‘returning ifi the'' sa'rne 'manner. At an intersection. near Rongotea, the oar collided -with one driven by Mrs -G. Turnbull, with a passenger, Mrs E, M. Meyrich, both of Feilding. The impact overturned the with the school children * in, pinning i-m chanan underneath. He was (lead when extricated. The other car had the body ripper'' from the chassis, probably by striking a fencing post. Both ladies had a remarkable escape, only being slightly injured.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1932, Page 2
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