TWO MAORIS KILLED
THREE OTHERS INJURED
LORRY CAPSIZES ON HILL Press Association GISBOKNE, Sunday. In a serious motor-lorry accident yesterday morning on Tarewa Hill, on the main Gisborne-Wairoa Road, two Maoris were killed and three others injured Details are: KILLED Tuta Tahawhera, aged 50 years, married. Wiki Maniapopo, aged 52 years. INJURED Nagiro Anihata, head injuries. Te Rangi Tamete, internal injuries and injuries to leg. Te Whata Witeria, head injuries. The party on the lorry comprised seven Maori men. All came from Whakatane in a one-ton lorry and were on their way to a meeting of the Kingatu Church at Nuhaka, near YVairoa. The party spent Friday night at Te Karaka, and set out early yesterday morning on the second portion of the journey. Going down Tarewa Hill, 37 miles south of Gisborne, the brakes gave way. The driver, Aniata Ratene, told the passengers to jump, but only one. Wiki Maniapopo, did so. Unfortunately, he fell on his head on the bitumen, and was killed. The lorry continued its course, and on reaching a hairpin bend overturned twice, landing again on its wheels near the bank, but facing the direction from which it had come. Four of the occupants were crushed by the lorry in turning over, Tuta Tahawhera being killed, and three others injured. Police and a doctor were sent from Gisborne, and the injured were removed to Cook Hospital. Their injuries are reported not to be serious.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 550, 31 December 1928, Page 7
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