MOTORIST’S LONG CHASE
PURSUIT OF LORRY AFTER ACCIDENT
LITTLE GIRL KNOCKED DOWN l*ress Association GISBORNE, Wed. The action of a motorist, Mr. L. A. Potts, in giving chase to a lorry after an accident last evening and in stopping the driver and securing his name and addess and other details is warmly commended by the police. At 5.10 p.m. yesterday, Noeline Kidd, aged eight, was knocked off her bicycle at an intersection near the town and left lying on the road suffering from a fractured jaw and arm and other less serious injuries. The lorry had gained a considerable lead when 'Mr. Potts started in pursuit, but despite numerous delays on account of traffic, and the necessity of obtaining petrol the motorist caught up with the lorry after a tenmile chase.
The driver of the lorry when stopped by Mr. Potts denied knowledge of any accident. When Potts overtook the lorry he noticed that a head-light was damaged and the glass missing and fragments of a head-lamp glass were found on the road where the accident occurred. The driver stated that the lamp had been damaged a month before.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1026, 17 July 1930, Page 18
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189MOTORIST’S LONG CHASE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1026, 17 July 1930, Page 18
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