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Shannon News, 10 May 1927, Page 3

A remarkable accident occurred in Melbourne lately, when a man was knocked down by a motor car and his wooden leg caught in the clutch. When struck by the car the'man was thrown to the roadway, and", falling between the wheels, the car passed over him. His wooden leg became jammed in the clutch of the car. The driver/made frantic efforts to pull up the machine, but could not do so. The eld mar. was dragged for about 40 yards when a constable, and a number [of pedestrians, thinking that the motorist was mad, forcibly brought the car to a standstill. Even then" it:was found impossible, to extricate the unfortunate,man until the car was tinned upside down. The ambulance had been summoned, and the man was ■rushed to a hospital. Here it was found that the.only injuries he had suffered were a broken wooden leg and a- cut handy ' .... '